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Technologies of Power: Information Machines and Democratic Prospects (Communication and Information Science Series)

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Within a comparative, theoretical and global network, this volume focuses on the impact of information technologies on the prospects for democratic development. It deals with the hopes as well as the fears for democracy and development that have emerged out of the current technological revolution in information and communication. The volume argues that information technologies have historically played a dual and paradoxical role in political formations. Generally, the Big Media (the national press, broadcasting and mainframe computers) have served the centralizing forces, while the Small Media (the alternative press, small scale audio-video production and transmission facilities and increasingly personal computing networking) have provided the channel for community resistance and mobilization. The volume argues that the new information technologies, like the old, should be viewed neither as technologies of freedom nor of tyranny but primarily as technologies of power that lock into existing or emerging techno-structures of power.

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089391634X
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978-0893916343
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Praeger
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January 1, 1990
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English
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6 x 0.69 x 9 inches
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286 pages
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Treatise on Technology and Democracy

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This book was written in response to Technologies of Freedom by Ithiel de Sola Pool but was also a vehicle for Prof. Tehranian to make a major, and somewhat prophetic statement about the role of information technologies in modern society. While some of the technologies have changed since this was written, his perspective on social organization and the connections between technology and democracy is particularly useful and relevant to today's world.

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Technologies: a double edge sword

Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2002

Who should benefit from information technologies? Majid Tehranian's "Technologies of Power" makes a critical distinction between: information technologies that serve the decision-making demands of the technocratic elite and totalitarian authority on one hand, and information technologies that assist in developing political decentralization, participatory democracy, and sustainable development based on democracy on the other hand. This is the trade off between the promises and the perils of information technologies. To ensure that the information technologies will serves good cause he proposes the perspective of their "technostructures" and contextualist view.
People have different perspectives on who should manage technology and who should benefit from technological analysis. "Technologies of Power" calls for the de-professionalization of socio-technical decision making in favor of promoting participatory and democratic processes for technology management in order to challenge forces of totalitarian and technocratic domination. As a result, the book challenges the central assumptions of some academic and governmental perceptions of the role of governments and private corporations in policy making.
Tehranian's case is strengthened and made more engaging by the inclusion of a variety of case studies such as the deregulation and privatization of telecommunication industry in United States, Japan and Britain, Indonesia's adoption of satellites, and rural radio programs in Peru. In illustrating democratic empowerment strategies he critically and thoroughly examines the history and context of both the Green movement in West Germany and the Sarvodaya movement in Sri Lanka.
I believe that "Technologies of Power" is a good and inspiring read. It makes an excellent discussion text for advanced studies in communication because of its theoretical positions are well integrated with rich empirical case studies. The author's skillful use of tables and diagrams and informative writing style increase the accessibility of the text. The book challenges readers to engage in active thoughts, which may lead to the realization of democratic potentials within information technologies.
Finally, I like Tehranian's concept of democracy as a human ideal and should be viewed as a process not an end in itself. This concept gives more hope for developing countries, which are currently in a very different stage of democratic process from those of advanced countries.

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