Download or read book The Political Web written by Peter Dahlgren and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-08-09 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As democracy encounters difficulties, many citizens are turning to the domain of alternative politics and, in so doing, making considerable use of the new communication technologies. This volume analyses the various factors that shape such participation, and addresses such key topics as civic subjectivity, web intellectuals, and cosmopolitanism.