Digital Activism and the Global Middle Class: Generation Hashtag

ISBN-13: 9781032037233 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 208 str.

Lukas Schlogl

Opis

This book examines the causes of a growing wave of digital activism across developing countries, arguing that it is driven by social change, rather than technological advancement alone.

Recenzje

Finally, a book that demonstrates the importance of deep-seated social change for the emergence of digital activism. Rather than asking for the power of platforms, the author demonstrates the role of long-term socio-economic upward mobility for political activism in Indonesia. The book is an essential reading for everyone interested in digital activism and civic engagement beyond platform power.
Anne Kaun, Professor in Media and Communication Studies, Södertörn University

Spis treści

List of Figures, List of Tables, Acknowledgements, Abbreviations and Acronyms, 1. Introduction, 2. The Mobile Middle: Rise of an Aspiring Class, 3. From Traditional Values to Digital Self-Expression, 4. Socioeconomic Origins of Digital Activism, 5. From Twitter Fame to Public Shame: How a Social Media Storm Saved Indonesia’s
Democracy, 6. Clash of the Hashtags: Post-/Materialist Partisanship in Social Media, 7. Digital Activism between Precarity and Prosperity, 8. Generation Hashtag: Middle-Class Struggles in the Digital Sphere, Annex, Index

O autorze

Lukas Schlogl is a social scientist at the University of Vienna, Austria. His research focuses on the politics of technological change.