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Introduction: New Media And The Reconfiguration Of Power In Global Politics, Athina Karatzogianni Dr
Introduction: New Media And The Reconfiguration Of Power In Global Politics, Athina Karatzogianni Dr
Athina Karatzogianni
Whatever the developments and transformations in the sphere of global politics, the new media technologies and the political opportunities they present are unsettling the world system, the are rendering it chaotic and they are having a deeper systemic effect than the more powerful actors care to admit. It remains to be seen whether information age ideologies, new modes of capitalism, conflict, activism, terrorism and war in cyberspace will ever transfer to the ‘real world’ reversing the opposite trend, and causing everyday effects on a bigger scale than we are witnessing today. Even so, we are undoubtedly living in interesting times …