The Routledge companion to media and activism /
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New York, NY :
Routledge,
2018.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Making meanings and making trouble; Movements and moments, tactics and strategies; The uses and abuses of media; Activist arts and everyday creativity; Part I:â#x80;#x89; Themes; Part II: Organizations and identities; Part III: Activist arts; Part IV: â#x80;#x89;Tactics of visibility; Part V: â#x80;#x89;Contesting narratives; Part VI: â#x80;#x89;Changing the media; Part â#x80;#x89;VII: Beyond social media; References; Part I: Themes
- Chapter 1: Looking back, looking ahead: What has changed in social movement media since the internet and social media?Introduction; A bygone dualistic world?; Printâ#x80;#x99;s companion media; Here and now, then, what is really different?; References; Chapter 2: The nexus between media, communication and social movements: Looking back and the way forward; Communication and media within social movement studies; Social movements in complex media environments; Future perspectives; References; Chapter 3: Nonviolent activism and the media: Gandhi and beyond; Satyagraha and the media
- Globalizing satyagraha: the media and other forcesDiffusion, transformation and the media; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: Can the Womenâ#x80;#x99;s Peace Camp be televised?: Challenging mainstream media coverage of Greenham Common; Representing Greenham; Television coverage; Women journalists and Greenham; The inside scoop: exploiting Greenhamâ#x80;#x99;s women-only mandate; Undermining the inside scoop; Parody and activist practice; Scraps of resistance; Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: Artistic activism; The truth shall not set us free; The power of art; What is artistic activism?
- Affect, Effect and Ã#x86;ffectReferences; Chapter 6: Alternative computing; From debate to advocacy; From advocacy to intervention; Closing remarks; References; Part II: Organizations and identities; Chapter 7: Transformative media organizing: Key lessons from participatory communications research with the immigrant rights, Occupy, and LGBTQ and Two-Spirit movements; Introduction: making media and making change; Key findings across movements; Conclusions; References; Chapter 8: Affective publics and windows of opportunity: Social media and the potential for social change; Premise
- Contemporary politics and civic engagementConnective action; Affective publics; Punctuated equilibrium theory; A new paradigm for social change; References; Chapter 9: Social media and contentious action in China; Introduction; Contentious action and mass protest in China: continuity and change; Social media activism: China and beyond; Organizing dynamics and mobilizing structures; Conclusion; References; Chapter 10: Connective or collective?: The intersection between online crowds and social movements in contemporary activism; Introduction; Crowds and social movements: conceptual definitions