Collective Action 2.0

The Impact of Social Media on Collective Action

AvShaked Spier

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

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Collective Action 2.0 explores the issues related to information and communication technologies (ICTs) in detail, providing a balanced insight into how ICTs leverage and interact with collective action, which will have an impact on the current discourse. Recent events in different authoritarian regimes, such as Iran and Egypt, have drawn global attention to a developing phenomenon in collective action: People tend to organize through different social media platforms for political protest and resistance. This phenomenon describes a change in social structure and behavior tied to ICT. Social media platforms have been used to leverage collective action, which has in some cases arguably lead, to political revolution. The phenomenon also indicates that the way information is organized affects the organization of social structures with which it interoperates. The phenomenon also has another side, which is the use of social media for activist suppression, state and corporate surveillance, commodifi cation of social processes, demobilization, or for the mobilization of collective action toward undesirable ends.

Analyzes social media and collective action in an in-depth and balanced manner
Presents an account of avoiding technological determinism, utopianism, and fundamentalism
Considers the underlying theory behind quick-paced social media
Takes an interdisciplinary approach that will resonate with all those interested in social media and collective action, regardless of fi eld specialism

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-03-07
Mått:191 x 235 x 17 mm
Vikt:430 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Chandos Information Professional Series
Antal sidor:198
Förlag:Elsevier Science
ISBN:9780081005675

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Shaked Spier graduated in Information Science and Gender Studies at the Humboldt University, Berlin. His research and writing analyzes a variety of topics related to the connection between ICTs and society, information ethics, digital policies, and digital rights using interdisciplinary approaches. At present, he works as projectmanager in diverse information technology projects. Additionally, he volunteers as spokesperson of a German political working group on internet policy, digital society, and digital rights as well as cooperates with various non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in this field.

Innehållsförteckning

1. IntroductionPart 1. Theoretical Framework2. What Is Social Media: A Critical View3. Tehran, Tunis, Tahrir: Social Media and the Formation of Collective Action4. Cottage, Tents, and Chocolate Pudding: The Cultural Context of the Israeli Social Justice Protests5. The Social Network: The Relevance of Weak and Strong Ties for Mobilization Over Social Media6. Berlin Helps: Resource Mobilization and Social Media Deployment in Berlin’s Refugee Aid MovementPart 2. Discussion7. Between Actions and Algorithms: How Social Media Facilitate and Enable Collective Action8. Alternative or Mainstream: The Interplay Between Social Media and Mass Media9. Big Brother Is Watching You: Collective Action and Surveillance in Social Media10. Sharing Is Caring? Social Media and Demobilization11. The Right Tool in the Wrong Hands: Neutrality, Values, and Biases of Social Media DeploymentPart 3. Epilogue12. On the Verge of the Plateau: Epilogue