Full Description
The 2010 release of US embassy diplomatic cables put WikiLeaks into the international spotlight. Revelations by the leaks sparked intense debate within international diplomacy, journalism and society. This book reflects on the implications of WikiLeaks across politics and media, and on the results of leak journalism and transparency activism.
Contents
Foreword; Birgitta Jonsdottir Introduction: B.Brevini, A.Hintz & P.McCurdy 1. WikiLeaks and the Networked 4th Estate; Yochai Benkler 2. Follow the Money: WikiLeaks and the Political Economy of Disclosure; Benedetta Brevini & Graham Murdock 3. The Leak Heard Round the World? Cablegate in the Evolving Global Mediascape; Lisa Lynch 4. WikiLeaks and the Public Interest Dilemma: A View from Inside the Media; Chris Elliot 5. 'Something Old, Something New...': WikiLeaks, Newspapers and Conjoint Approaches to Political Exposure; Hopeton S. Dunn 6. WikiLeaks and Whistleblowing: The Framing of Bradley Manning; Einar Thorsen, Chindu Sreedharan & Stuart Allan 7. From the Pentagon Papers to Cablegate: How the Network Society Has Changed Leaking; Patrick McCurdy 8. Dimensions of Modern Freedom of Expression: WikiLeaks, Policy Hacking, and Digital Freedoms; Arne Hintz 9. Weak Links and WikiLeaks: How Control of Critical Internet Resources and Social Media Companies' Business Models Undermine the Networked Free Press; Dwyane Winseck 10. WikiLeaks, Secrecy and Freedom of Information: The Case of the UK; David Banisar & Francesca Fanucci 11. WikiLeaks, Anonymous, and the Exercise of Individuality: Protesting in the Cloud; Stefania Milan 12. Anonymous and the Politics of Leaking; Gabriella Coleman 13. The Internet and Transparency Beyond WikiLeaks; Jillian C. York 14. WikiLeaks and the Arab Spring: The Twists and Turns of Media, Culture and Power; Ibrahim Saleh 15. Twelve Theses on WikiLeaks; Geert Lovink & Patrice Riemens 16. Amy Goodman in conversation with Julian Assange and Slavoj Žižek
