Cyberprotest : new media, citizens, and social movements /

"This book critically assess how ICTs are finding their way into the world of social movements, considering overarching issues and providing examples of cyberprotest movements from across the globe. It will be valuable reading for students and academics in politics, media and communication, pub...

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Other Authors: Donk, Wim B. H. J. van de.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
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245 0 0 |a Cyberprotest :  |b new media, citizens, and social movements /  |c edited by Wim Van de Donk ... [et al.]. 
260 |a London ;  |a New York :  |b Routledge,  |c 2004. 
300 |a xix, 316 p. ;  |c 23 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [276]-305) and index. 
505 0 |a 1. Introduction : social movements and ICTs -- 2. The quadruple 'A' : media strategies of protest movements since the 1960s -- 3. Politicizing Homo economicus : analysis of anti-corporate websites -- 4. Informing, communicating and ICTs in contemporary anti-capitalist movements -- 5. New media, new movements? The role of the internet in shaping the 'anti-globalization' movement -- 6. Communicating global activism : strengths and vulnerabilities of networked politics -- 7. Mass media driven mobilization and online protest : ICTs and the pro-East Timor movement in Portugal -- 8. ATTAC(k)ing expertise : does the internet really democratize knowledge? -- 9. The Dutch women's movement online : internet and the organizational infrastructure of a social movement -- 10. Dis@bled people, ICTs and a new age of activism : a Portuguese accessibility special interest group study -- 11. The Queer sisters and its electronic bulletin board : a study of the internet for social movement mobilization -- 12. Politics and identity in cyberspace : a case study of Australian women in Agriculture online. 
520 1 |a "This book critically assess how ICTs are finding their way into the world of social movements, considering overarching issues and providing examples of cyberprotest movements from across the globe. It will be valuable reading for students and academics in politics, media and communication, public administration, sociology and ICT. It will also be of great interest to policy makers and social activists."--Jacket. 
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