TY - BOOK ID - 142207164 TI - Cryptopolitics : Exposure, Concealment, and Digital Media AU - Bernal, Victoria, AU - Pype, Katrien, AU - Rodima-Taylor, Daivi, AU - FWO (Fund for Scientific Research in Flanders) PY - 2023 SN - 1805390309 1805390333 9781805390336 PB - New York; Oxford : 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:142207164 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 toconsider 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 -