Social Movements and New Technology.
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- 9780813345871
- 303.484
- HM881 -- .C378 2015eb
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedcation -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- INTRODUCTION The Digital Impact on 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 -- Index.
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.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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