Critical Perspectives on Social Media and Protest: Between Control and Emancipation - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 1783483369 ISBN 13 : 9781783483365

Editeur : Rli, 2015

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

At last, a collection on social media and protest that is genuinely critical, spanning both the nature of the technological tools the political-economic environment they are part of, the organisational responses these formations then lend themselves to and the political consequences they reap. Rich in detail, broad in remit, interrogatory by design this will be my 'turn to' book on this subject for years to come. -- Natalie Fenton, Professor of Media and Communications, Goldsmiths University of London Refusing simple explanations and traversing protest movements from around the globe, this collection is essential reading for academics and activists alike. The volume interrogates the power and systemic shortcomings of corporate-based social media as deployed during moments of revolution, rupture, and dissent. Operating simultaneously as an authoritative force that regiments social relations and a fetishistic object that congeals desires, these media are shot through with a series of contradictions. -- Gabriella Coleman, Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy Department of Art History & Communication Studies, McGill University This collection provides a much-needed antidote to the ready equation of social media and political empowerment. It counters the cyber-hype with a truly critical collection of readings that explore the political limits and potentials of social media. This is a crucial volume for anyone interested in the key political question of our time: the relationship between media technology and activism. --Mark Andrejevic, Associate Professor of Media Studies, Pomona College

Présentation de l'éditeur :

This book critically interrogates the relationship between social media and protest from an interdisciplinary perspective, examining the multiple ways in which we need to politicize and contextualise commercial social media platforms, in particular with regards to their use for the purposes of anti-systemic and progressive protest movements.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Rli
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1783483369
• ISBN 13: 9781783483365
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 248