Power, reason, closure: Critical perspectives on new media theory

New Media and Society

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 403-422

  Röhle, Theo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Critical theory; Dispositif; Foucault; Habermas; Internet; Power; Public sphere; Reason; Social apparatus

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444493282     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444805052283     Document Type: Article

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