Protest Campaigns Media And Political Opportunities

Author : Jonathan Cable
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1783488522
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Protest Campaigns, Media and Political Opportunities written by Jonathan Cable and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-09-21 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores protest groups, their aims and protest tactics, and investigates the affect their decisions have on press coverage and political debate.

Author : J. Uldam
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137434163
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Civic Engagement and Social Media written by J. Uldam and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-05-19 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Occupy movement and the Arab Spring have brought global attention to the potential of social media for empowering otherwise marginalized groups. This book addresses questions like what happens after the moment of protest and global visibility and whether social media can also help sustain civic engagement beyond protest.

Author : Felix Kolb
Publisher : Campus Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3593384132
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Protest and Opportunities written by Felix Kolb and published by Campus Verlag. This book was released on 2007 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although grass-roots social movements are an important force of social and political change, they quite often fail to achieve their lofty goals. Similarly, the inability of research to systematically explain the impact of such movements stands in sharp contrast to their emotional appeal. Protest, Opportunities, and Mechanisms attempts to rejuvenate current scholarship by developing a comprehensive theory of social movements and political change. In addition to reviewing the existing literature on the political outcomes of social movements, this volume analyzes the examples of the American civil rights movement and anti-nuclear energy efforts in eighteen countries to forge a new understanding of their momentous impact.

Author : Caroline Heldman
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 150171211X
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Protest Politics in the Marketplace written by Caroline Heldman and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-15 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Protest Politics in the Marketplace examines how social media has revolutionized the use and effectiveness of consumer activism. In her groundbreaking book, Caroline Heldman emphasizes that consumer activism is a democratizing force that improves political participation, self-governance, and the accountability of corporations and the government. She also investigates the use of these tactics by conservatives. Heldman analyzes the democratic implications of boycotting, socially responsible investing, social media campaigns, and direct consumer actions, highlighting the ways in which such consumer activism serves as a countervailing force against corporate power in politics. In Protest Politics in the Marketplace, she blends democratic theory with data, historical analysis, and coverage of consumer campaigns for civil rights, environmental conservation, animal rights, gender justice, LGBT rights, and other causes. Using an inter-disciplinary approach applicable to political theorists and sociologists, Americanists, and scholars of business, the environment, and social movements, Heldman considers activism in the marketplace from the Boston Tea Party to the present. In doing so, she provides readers with a clearer understanding of the new, permanent environment of consumer activism in which they operate.

Author : Marco Giugni
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108475906
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Street Citizens written by Marco Giugni and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-04-04 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the character of contemporary protest politics through a micro-mobilization analysis of participation in street demonstrations.

Author : Lina Dencik
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1783483377
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Critical Perspectives on Social Media and Protest written by Lina Dencik and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Commercial social media platforms have become integral to contemporary forms of protests. They are intensely used by advocacy groups, non-governmental organisations, social movements and other political actors who increasingly integrate social media platforms into broader practices of organizing and campaigning. But, aside from the many advantages of extensive mobilization opportunities at low cost, what are the implications of social media corporations being involved in these grassroots movements? This book takes a much-needed critical approach to the relationship between social media and protest. Highlighting key issues and concerns in contemporary forms of social media activism, including questions of censorship, surveillance, individualism, and temporality, the book combines contributions from some of the most active scholars in the field today. Advancing both conceptual and empirical work on social media and protest, and with a range of different angles, the book provides a fresh and challenging outlook on a very topical debate.

Author : S. Shigetomi
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1848449402
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Protest and Social Movements in the Developing World written by S. Shigetomi and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a useful book and an important contribution to the literature on social movements and civil society. . . It will be very helpful for those who understand social movement theory but need an orientation to developing societies. . . This book will also be useful to advanced graduate students in sociology, economics, and political science. The case studies could be excellent teaching tools. This would be a good text for a course on social movements. Protests and Social Movements in the Developing World will add new dimensions to your work on social movements. It is a book that every social movement scholar will want on their bookshelf. John McNutt, Voluntas Protest and Social Movements in the Developing World is aimed at scholars and social movement activists. Its innovative framework brings a fresh angle to the academic debate on social movements, whilst its meticulous empirical detail will appeal to those involved in a wide variety of social movements. In this sense, Protest and Social Movements in the Developing World will enjoy a warm reception amongst its target audience. . . A useful book for those already well versed in this field. World Entrepreneurship Society Shinichi Shigetomi and Kumiko Makino have produced an important book, global in scope and incisive in its analysis of social movements in different parts of the world. It will be a major resource for scholars everywhere. James Midgley, University of California, Berkeley, US In this insightful book, the contributors focus on the impact of contextual factors on social movements in the developing world, pushing major existing theories beyond their traditional focus. With wide coverage of the developing world, leading academics explore a variety of forms and mechanisms of social movement. They present discussions on resource and institutional endowment for mobilization in Colombia and Thailand, and explore the structure behind political opportunities in Argentina, China and South Africa. The history and reality of identity-making in India, Mexico and Nigeria are also examined. Presenting novel analytical frameworks to study social movements in developing countries, this book will be warmly welcomed by academics and researchers with an interest in sociology, development and political science. It will also strongly appeal to social movement activists.

Author : Francis Lap Fung Lee
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190856777
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Media and Protest Logics in the Digital Era written by Francis Lap Fung Lee and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For 79 days in 2014, Hong Kong became the focus of international attention due to a public demonstration for genuine democracy that would become known as the Umbrella Movement. On the surface, this movement was not unlike other large-scale protest movements that have occurred in recent years. However, it was distinct in how bottom-up processes evolved into a centrally organized, programmatic movement with concrete policy demands. This book analyzes how traditional mass media institutions and digital media combined with on-the-ground networks in such a way as to propel citizen participation and.

Author : Ibrahim, Yasmin
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1522518630
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Politics, Protest, and Empowerment in Digital Spaces written by Ibrahim, Yasmin and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2016-12-21 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the ubiquitous nature of modern technologies, they have been inevitably integrated into various facets of society. The connectivity presented by digital platforms has transformed such innovations into tools for political and social agendas. Politics, Protest, and Empowerment in Digital Spaces is a comprehensive reference source for emerging scholarly perspectives on the use of new media technology to engage people in socially- and politically-oriented conversations and examines communication trends in these virtual environments. Highlighting relevant coverage across topics such as online free expression, political campaigning, and online blogging, this book is ideally designed for government officials, researchers, academics, graduate students, and practitioners interested in how new media is revolutionizing political and social communications.

Author : C. Andrain
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230377009
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Protest and Social Change written by C. Andrain and published by Springer. This book was released on 1994-12-19 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book probes three issues about the linkage between political protests and social change. First, why do individuals participate in protest activities, including nonviolent movements and revolutions? How do cultural beliefs, sociopolitical structures, personal attitudes, motives and perceptions shape the decision to participate? Second, why do participants choose certain tactics? Protesters use different types of tactics: violent vs. nonviolent, public vs. covert, organized vs. spontaneous and confrontation vs. accommodation with other groups, political parties, and government agencies. Most activists view a particular tactic as a useful means to attain their policy demands. Third, what policy consequences emerge from the activities of protest movements? The book explores the impact of protests on social change and on the distribution of political power, particularly greater access of subordinate groups to government policymakers. A theory of political opportunities helps explain these issues about the origins, activities, and outcomes of protests.