[Sci-tech-public] Castells' publications -- This afternoon -- March 12: Manuel Castells speaks at STS Colloquium

[Debbie Meinbresse]

I wanted to give you advance notice that the MIT Press Bookstore will 
be selling copies of some of Professor Castells' publications before 
his colloquium this afternoon.
These books will be offered at a 20% discount.  If they run out of 
copies of books you are interested in purchasing, the MIT Press 
Bookstore will take your name and mailing address and offer free 
shipping in addition to the 20% discount on your order.  The MIT 
Press expects to be set up in the atrium area outside of Bartos by 
3:15.  Our reception will begin at 3:30, with Castells' colloquium 
beginning at 4:00 pm.  See you there!

>Communication Technology, Media, and Power
>Manuel Castells
>Science, Technology, and Society, Media Arts and Sciences, Urban 
>Studies and Planning, MIT (Visiting)
>
>Professor Castells will be give an STS Colloquium at MIT on Monday, 
>March 12th, at 4:00 pm in the Bartos Theater (lower level of 
>Building E15).  Before his talk, we will hold a reception from 
>3:30-4:00 in the atrium area outside of Bartos.  I hope you will be 
>able to join us at Monday's colloquium.  Please pass information 
>about Professor Castells' talk along to your colleagues and students.
>
>ABSTRACT
>Power has always been decided in the realm of communication. In our 
>societies, politics is largely media politics. Communication evolves 
>according to the evolution of communication technology. 
>Internet-based communication and wireless networks have allowed the 
>emergence of self mass communication, that is mass communication 
>that is originated by social actors or individuals without mediation 
>of governments or corporate media. Under these conditions social 
>movements and insurgent politics enhance their capability to 
>intervene in the new communication space. On the other hand, 
>corporate media are also increasing their presence in the horizontal 
>networks of communication.  As a result of these trends, mass media 
>and horizontal networks of communication are converging. Thus, we 
>are witnessing a historical shift of societys public sphere from the 
>institutional realm to the communication space. This analysis is 
>based on a number of case studies, data analysis and literature 
>review, some of which are included in my recent book "Mobile 
>Communication and Society," MIT Press 2006.
>
>BIO
>Manuel Castells is the Marvin C. (1951) and Joanne Grossman 
>Distinguished Visiting Professor of Technology and Society at MIT, 
>and Professor of Communication and the holder of the Wallis 
>Annenberg Chair in Communication Technology and Society at the 
>Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern 
>California, Los Angeles. He is, as well, Research Professor at the 
>Open University of Catalonia in Barcelona, and Professor Emeritus of 
>Sociology and of City and Regional Planning at the University of 
>California, Berkeley. He holds courtesy appointments as Professor of 
>Sociology in the USC Sociology Department and as Professor of 
>Planning in the USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development.
>
>He is the author of 23 books and editor or co-author of 15 
>additional books, as well as over 100 articles in academic journals. 
>His trilogy The Information Age: Economy, Society, and Culture was 
>published by Blackwell in 1996-98 in the first edition and in 
>2000-2003 in its second edition. His most recent books are The 
>Internet Galaxy (Oxford University Press, 2001), The Information 
>Society and the Welfare State: The Finnish Model (Oxford University 
>Press, 2002, with Pekka Himanen), La societat xarxa a Catalunya 
>(Mondadori, 2003, co-author), The Network Society: A Cross-Cultural 
>Perspective (Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2004, editor and 
>co-author), Globalizacion, Desarrollo y Democracia: Chile en el 
>Contexto Mundial (Santiago: Fondo de Cultura Economica, 2005), and 
>Mobile Communication and Society: A Global Perspective (MIT Press, 
>2007, co-author).
>
>Talk location: 
>http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?zoom=level2&centerx=711279&centery=496140&oldzoom=level3&map.x=306&map.y=187
>
>------------------------------------------------
>If you have any questions about Monday's colloquium, please contact 
>me at 452-2390. Thank you.
>
>A schedule of events for the week of March 12th is attached.  Please 
>remember to check the MIT on-line calendar 
>(http://web.mit.edu/events) for a complete listing of MIT activities.
>
>Debbie Meinbresse
>STS Program, MIT
>617-452-2390

Debbie Meinbresse
STS Program, MIT
617-452-2390
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