New Media and Public Activism: Neoliberalism, the State and Radical Protest in the Public Sphere

ISBN-13: 9781447308225 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 240 str.

John Roberts

Opis

The Arab Spring was but the most prominent example of political activism that made extensive use of social mediaeverything from petitions to constituent communications have been affected by the rise of new communications technologies. But in "New Media and Public Activism," John Michael Roberts poses a troubling question: Is this activism actually new and effective, or are we instead being transformed into subjects of online consumption and orderly surveillance, rather than being committed social and political campaigners? Taking a political economy perspective, Roberts offers an indispensable guide to understanding the relationship between the state, new media activism, and neoliberal practices."

Spis treści

Introducing New Media and Public Activism; Creative Digital Capitalism? Exploitation, Information and Finance; Neoliberalism and New Public Management: The Rise of the Competent Public Sphere; E-democracy and Public Deliberation in the Competent Public Sphere; Social Media and the Neoliberal Subject; Zoning Public Space 1: Hybrid Surveillance and State Power; Zoning Public Space 2: Gentrification, Community Publics and CCTV; Global Social Movements: Beyond the Competent Public Sphere?; Conclusion: The Occupy Movement, Community Activism and ‘Incompetent’ Public Spheres.