Manuel Castells

Type: Person

Name: Manuel Castells

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Brazilian police target protesters ? and journalists

Police have used rubber bullets and pepper spray to disperse Brazilian protesters (Photo: ) Sparked by a series of transport fare hikes and official corruption, the ongoing mass protests in Brazil?s cities have been greeted by crackdowns by police.$ Rafael ... [Published Index on Censorship - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Protesters, Protest, São Paulo, Brazil

First reported Jun 15 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 1 reports

Inside the glass house

The Internet should help people keep tabs on their government, but as the U.S. National Security Agency's PRISM programme revelations and the WikiLeaks episodes make clear, it is governments that have acquired sweeping capabilities to snoop on citizens. ... [Published The Hindu - Jun 15 2013]

Entities: PRISM (Surveillance Program), United States, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Surveillance

First reported Jun 10 2013 - Updated Jun 10 2013 - 1 reports

NHS

What's Wales Worth? Views on role of government

Does the public sector help or hinder growth? Two economists based in Wales share their views on how the Welsh government can best help the economy.James Foreman-PeckWelsh Institute for Research in Economics and Development, Cardiff UniversityDavid A ... [Published BBC - Jun 10 2013]

Entities: Wales, England, NHS

First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

Review (Guest): Networks of Outrage and Hope: Social Movements in the Internet Age

Manuel Castells Book Description This book is an exploration of the new forms of social movements and protests that are erupting in the world today, from the Arab uprisings to the indignadas movement in Spain, and the Occupy Wall Street movement in the ... [Published Public Intelligence Blog - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: Manuel Castells, Occupy Wall Street, Spain, Protest

First reported Mar 25 2013 - Updated Mar 25 2013 - 1 reports

Manuel Castells: how modern political movements straddle urban space and cyberspace - video

Spanish sociologist Manuel Castells argues that the internet has altered protest movements foreverPhilip Oltermann Josh Strauss Phil Maynard ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Mar 25 2013]

Entities: Manuel Castells, Cyberspace, Protest

First reported Mar 07 2013 - Updated Mar 07 2013 - 1 reports

Facebook Inc

We are all Khaled Said: online aggregation in the 'mass web'

Amidst the ruins of the global economic crisis, the rise of aggregation as the masterframe of online interactions, and the adoption of liking as a means tosubscribe to collective identities, points to the emergence of a new culture ofcollectivity which ... [Published open Democracy News Analysis - - Mar 07 2013]

Entities: Manuel Castells, Activism, Guy Fawkes, Geert Lovink, Facebook Inc

First reported Feb 24 2013 - Updated Feb 24 2013 - 1 reports

Apple Inc

Under the regime of precarity: bring your own device

At one and the same time technocracy and financial oligarchies find here an ideal medium to extend their influence and theircontrol of individuals in space and time. This explains the fierce struggle goingon among key market players. In the Xmas holiday ... [Published open Democracy News Analysis - - Feb 24 2013]

Entities: Wikipedia, Apple Inc, iPhone

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