Social Movements and Media.

Intro -- Social Movements and Media -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Editorial Board -- The Past, Present, and Future of Media and Social Movement Studies: Introduction to the Special Issue on Media and Social Movements -- Media Beyond Digital Media and Newsprint -- We Should Be Thinking About Media Systems -- We Should Continue to Examine Hitherto Unexamined Media -- There was Protest Before the Internet and There is a Literature on It -- Not Everything about New Media is New -- Youth, Media, and the Movements of Tomorrow -- Conclusion -- References -- PART 1: Media and Recruitment into Activism -- Turning Fans Into Heroes: How the Harry Potter Alliance Uses the Power of Story to Facilitate Fan Activism and Bloc Recruitment -- Fan Activism and Social Movement Theory -- Bloc Recruitment and Cultural Acupuncture -- Data and Analytic Approach -- The Harry Potter Fan Community -- Wizard Rock -- Internalizing the Story -- The Origins of the Harry Potter Alliance -- Can Fan Activists have Impact? Yes! -- Recruiting Wizard Activists -- Cultural Acupuncture -- Limitations of Story-Based Mobilization -- Conclusion -- References -- Pathways to Contemporary Youth Protest: The Continuing Relevance of Family, Friends, and School for Youth Micromobilization -- The Role of Social Movement Theory in Research on Youth Micromobilization -- Social Movement Micromobilization Research -- Friends and Social Networks -- Family -- Schools -- Digital Activism and Youth Participation -- Methods and Data -- How do Youth Get Engaged? -- Drawn in By Friends -- Supportive and Encouraging Family Ties -- Learning Activism at School -- Motivation for Participation -- Negotiating Multiple Factors -- Conclusion -- References -- PART 2: Media, Participation, and Identity -- Twitter as a Feminist Resource: #YesAllWomen, Digital Platforms, and Discursive Social Change.

#YesAllWomen as a Case Study -- Digital Media and/as Feminist Politics -- Data and Research Strategies -- (i) Mapping the Discourse Using Automated Content Analysis -- (ii) Discursive Activism Strategies: Discourse Analysis of Tweet Samples -- (iii) Analysis of #YesAllWomen's Recirculation and Mediation -- Findings -- Strategies of Collective Identity/Collective Consciousness -- Shared Oppressions: The Personal is Political -- Safety' Tips, Calling out Threats -- Calling out False Equalities, Gender Parallels -- Sharing Critique, Sharing a Feminist Sensibility -- Boundary Work and the Limits of "All Women" Universalism -- Summary: Creating and Sharing Collective Consciousness -- II. Mediation Dynamics: #YesAllWomen's As a Protest Event -- Interactions with Other Hashtags and Online Sites -- #YesAllWomen in Mainstream Media and Top Blogs -- Serious Representation: Shared Key Terms, Mirrored Frames -- Bloggers and Online Activism -- Critical #YesAllWomen Reception -- Protest and Mediation Summary -- Summary and Conclusions: Digital Feminism as Discursive Activism -- References -- Speaking Up Online: Civic Identity and Expression in the Digital Age -- Introduction -- Research Context -- Being an Activist Versus Doing Activism: Civic Identity Matters -- Civic Participation and Activism in the Digital Era: Opportunities and Challenges -- The Current Study -- Data and Methods -- Findings -- Activist Self-identification and Online Civic Expression -- Activist Self-identification and Online Expression Over Time -- Consistent voice over time -- Louder over time -- Consistently Quiet Over Time -- Silencing Over Time -- Discussion -- Limitations and Questions for Future Research -- Conclusion -- References -- PART 3: Media and Movement Organizations.

Breaking Through and Burning Out: The Contradictory Effects of Young Peoples' Participation in Institutionalized Movements -- Introduction -- The Costs and Benefits of Youth Offline Activism -- Methodology -- The Benefits of Nonprofits for Teenage Activists: Breaking Through -- The Youth Activist Space as the Not-School: Political Education -- Funded Youth Activist Spaces as Institutional Leverage -- Speaking out, Being Heard, and Political Efficacy -- The Disengaging Disadvantages of Nonprofits for Paid Activists: Burning Out -- Facilitating Youth Voice and Reigning in Radicalism: The Long Haul of the Campaign -- The Weight of Invisible Labor outside of the Campaign -- Conclusion -- References -- Inclusive and Exclusive Organizational Identity and Leadership Online: The Case of the anti-GMO Movement -- Introduction -- Leading Tasks Online -- Organizational Identity and Leading Online -- Leading the Fight Against Monsanto -- Data and Methods -- Who's Engaging in Leading Tasks? -- Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Media Use and Participant Inclusion: Influences on Efficacy in Paid Staff Youth Nonprofit Civic Organizations -- Youth Organizations and Efficacy -- Organizational Effectiveness and Efficacy -- Influential Factors -- Media Use -- Participant Inclusion -- Organizational Characteristics -- Data and Methods -- Data Collection -- Measures -- Analytic Technique -- Findings -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Refernces -- About the Contributors -- INDEX.

This volume focuses on media and social movements. Contributing authors draw on cases as diverse as the Harry Potter Alliance to youth oriented, non-profit educational organizations to systematically assess how media environments, systems, and usage affect collective action in the 21st Century.

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