Activism on the Web: Everyday Struggles Against Digital Capitalism

ISBN-13: 9781138575691 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 180 str.

UK) University of London Veronica (Goldsmiths Barassi

Opis

This book draws on comparative ethnographic research amongst three very different political groups, exploring how activists imagine, understand and experience web technologies as tools of political critique.

Spis treści

Introduction: Activist Cultures, The Web, and Digital Capitalism  1.The Ethnography of Digital Activism  2. Web 2.0 and the Agency of Technologies  3. Social Media Activism and the Critique of Mass Self-Communication  4. The Everyday Critique of Digital Labor  5. Digital Activism and the Problem of Internet Time  6. Activist Magazines in the Digital Age  Conclusion: The Future of the Web, Big Data and the Power of Critique  Appendix: Activism on the Web: A Note on Method

O autorze

Veronica Barassi is Lecturer in the Media and Communications Department at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.