Social Movements and New Technology

ISBN-13: 9780367097493 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 242 str.

Victoria Carty

Opis

The emergence of new communication technologies (such as the Internet and social media networking sites and platforms) has strongly affected social movement activism. In this compelling and timely book, Victoria Carty examines these movements and their uses of digital technologies within the context of social movement theory and history.

Spis treści

Preface Introduction -- The Digital Impact of Social Movements Chapter 1 -- Social Movement Theories Chapter 2 -- New Digital Capabilities and Social Change Chapter 3 -- MoveOn.org and the Tea Party Chapter 4 -- Arab Spring Chapter 5 -- The Occupy Wall Street Movement and its Precursors Chapter 6 -- Occupy Student Debt and the Dreamers Conclusion -- The Digital Future of Social Movements References

O autorze

Victoria Carty