Digital Activism Decoded : The New Mechanics of Change.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: How to Think About Digital Activism -- Contexts: The Digital Activism Environment -- Infrastructure: Its Transformations and Effect on Digital Activism -- Applications: Picking the Right One in a Transient World -- Devices: The Power of Mobile Phones -- Economic and Social Factors: The Digital (Activism) Divide -- Political Factors: Digital Activism in Closed and Open Societies -- Practices: Digital Actions in the Aggregate -- Activism Transforms Digital: The Social Movement Perspective -- Digital Transforms Activism: The Web Ecology Perspective -- Destructive Activism: The Double-Edged Sword of Digital Tactics -- Effects: What Is Digital Activism's Value? -- Measuring the Success of Digital Campaigns -- The New Casualties: Prisons and Persecution -- Digital Politics as Usual -- The Future of Advocacy in a Networked Age -- Conclusion: Building the Future of Digital Activism -- Glossary -- About the Authors.

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