242 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
242 Pages
by
Routledge
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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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Preface Introduction -- The Digital Impact of 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
Biography
Victoria Carty
