TY - BOOK ID - 135960653 TI - Cryptopolitics : exposure, concealment, and digital media AU - Bernal, Victoria AU - Pype, Katrien AU - Rodima-Taylor, Daivi PY - 2023 SN - 9781805390299 PB - New York Berghahn Books DB - UniCat KW - Information society KW - Digital media KW - Power (Social sciences) KW - Political aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135960653 AB - "Hidden information, double meanings, double-crossing, and the constant processes of encoding and decoding messages have always been important techniques in negotiating social and political power dynamics. Yet these tools, "cryptopolitics," are transformed when used within digital media. Focusing on African societies, Cryptopolitics brings together empirically grounded studies of digital media to consider public culture, sociality, and power in all its forms, illustrating the analytical potential of cryptopolitics to elucidate intimate relationships, political protest, and economic strategies in the digital age"-- ER -