ISBN:
9781783710515
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Edition:
2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Keywords:
Internet Political aspects
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Online social networks Political aspects
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Digital media Political aspects
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Digital communications Political aspects
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Political participation Technological innovations
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Political activists
Abstract:
@ is For Activism examines the transformation of politics through digital media, including digital television, online social networking and mobile computing. Joss Hands maps out how political relationships have been reconfigured and new modes of cooperation, deliberation and representation have emerged. This analysis is applied to the organisation and practice of alternative politics, showing how they have developed and embraced the new political and technological environment. Hands offers a comprehensive critical survey of existing literature, as well as an original perspective on networks and political change. He includes many case studies including the anti-war and global justice movements, peer production, user created TV and 'Twitter' activism. @ is For Activism is essential for activists and students of politics and media
Description / Table of Contents:
Machine generated contents note:1.Activism and Technology2.The Digital Author as Producer3.Protocol, Norm, Imperative: Networks as Moral Machines4.Power-Law Democracy5.Mobil(e)isation6.is also for Alter-Globalisation7.Constructing the Common: Cooperation and Multitude.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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