Network Theories of Power - Manuel Castells
Manuel Castells,
YouTube,
Jul 11, 2011
Excellent talk looking at network power and finding many of the same critical points I do (and expressing them far more articulately).
- one form of power is gatekeeping - keeping people out of the network exerts power over people
- the power of the standards or protocols of communication, determining rules of inclusion once in the network
- network power, which is composed of coercive power (the power to intimidate) and persuasive power (the power to construct meaning)
This leads to a theory of 'network-making power', which has two forms: first, the ability to create the network in such a way as to favour certain outcomes or persons (eg., the WTO - free trade for commerce, but not for labour); and second, the ability to connect with other networks selectively, by either programming or by switching (eg., the creation of 'identity federations).
- one form of power is gatekeeping - keeping people out of the network exerts power over people
- the power of the standards or protocols of communication, determining rules of inclusion once in the network
- network power, which is composed of coercive power (the power to intimidate) and persuasive power (the power to construct meaning)
This leads to a theory of 'network-making power', which has two forms: first, the ability to create the network in such a way as to favour certain outcomes or persons (eg., the WTO - free trade for commerce, but not for labour); and second, the ability to connect with other networks selectively, by either programming or by switching (eg., the creation of 'identity federations).
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