ISBN:
9780739183212
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (265 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Understanding Occupy from Wall Street to Portland : Applied Studies in Communication Theory
DDC:
303.60973
Keywords:
Occupy movement - United States
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Electronic books
Abstract:
The book provides a comprehensive analysis of the Occupy movement using various communication theory perspectives. It considers global and local contexts of the movement from its cultural and economic roots to the views of participants, city officials, newspapers and social media. It grapples with how these perspectives represent romantic, practical, and critical understandings of the movement
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; I: Situating Occupy Globally: The Cultural and Economic Context; 1 A Genealogy of Occupy within Transnational Contexts, and Communication Research; 2 "We Are the 99 Percent"; 3 Neofeudalism and the Financial Crisis; II: Local Interpretations of Occupy Portland; 4 Confessional Tales from the Field; 5 Finding the Space Between; 6 Globalization from Below; 7 (De) Colonization and Collective Identity; III: Re(presentations) and Revelations: Occupy Mediated; 8 Violence, Bias, or Fair Journalism?; 9 An "Official" Account
Description / Table of Contents:
10 Interconnected DiscontentReferences; Index; About the Editors; About the Contributors
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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