WikiLeaks

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WikiLeaks is the most challenging journalistic phenomenon to have emerged in the digital era. It has provoked anger and enthusiasm in equal measure, from across the political and journalistic spectrum. WikiLeaks poses a series of questions to the status quo in politics, journalism and to the ways we understand political communication. It has compromised the foreign policy operations of the most powerful state in the world, broken stories comparable to great historic scoops like the Pentagon Papers, and caused the mighty international news organizations to collaborate with this tiny editorial outfit. Yet it may also be on the verge of extinction. This is the first book to examine WikiLeaks fully and critically and its place in the contemporary news environment. The authors combine inside knowledge with the latest media research and analysis to argue that the significance of Wikileaks is that it is part of the shift in the nature of news to a network system that is contestable and unstable. Welcome to Wiki World and a new age of uncertainty.

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Charlie Beckett

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Communication & Media Studies Kommunikation u. Medienforschung Media Studies Medienforschung

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"A well-written and interesting account of WikiLeaks'history" Discourse and Communication "An incisive overview of the Wikileaks saga and itsimplications." The Age "An excellent systematic documentation on the history ofWikiLeaks and the controversial role of the founder." Digital Journalism "Would be an excellent text to assign in courses on journalism. Itcomes highly recommended, since it is full of insight, is easy tonavigate and makes compelling arguments." Central European Journal of International and SecurityStudies "A cool-headed, astute analysis of the social, political andtechnological context in which the now infamous website wasformed." Engineering and Technology "This excellent study is a fascinating insight into WikiLeaks andis the first bookt o examine this new phenomenon of the age." Orange Standard "In this terrific book, Charlie Beckett with James Ball weave thedisparate threads of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks - the future ofjournalism, of statecraft, of secrecy - into a readable andcompelling narrative. Essential for anyone interested in the futureof free speech or global politics." Clay Shirky, New York University "A fascinating insight into Wikileaks, and what its version oftransparency means for the ethics, focus and newly emerging formsof journalism in our time. Beckett and Ball have produced a bookthat combines timeliness with significance in its examination ofthe implications of Wikileaks for journalism." David A L Levy, University of Oxford "Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand one of thebiggest revolutions for journalism, whistleblowing and freedom ofinformation." Jo Glanville, Editor, Index on Censorship
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