Wilma de Jong is Senior Lecturer in Media and Film Studies at the University of Sussex. She has been an independent filmmaker for 12 years and produced prize-winning films on social and political subjects. She is also the co-editor of Global Activism, Global Media (Pluto, 2005).Martin Shaw is Emeritus Professor of International Relations and Politics at the University of Sussex where he helped to found the Global Justice and Political Violence research network. He is the co-editor of Global Activism, Global Media (Pluto, 2005).Neil Stammers is Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Social Sciences and Cultural Studies, University of Sussex. He is the author of Human Rights and Social Movements (Pluto, 2009), and co-editor of Global Activism, Global Media (Pluto, 2005).

A book proposal that I can unreservedly recommend for publication -- Tim Jordan, Open University I am enormously enthusiatic about this proposal -- Professor James Curran, Goldsmiths

• IntroductionPart One: Global Civil Society, Global Public Sphere and Global Activism1. Networks of Knowledge and Practice: Global Civil Society and Global Communications by Ronnie D. Lipschutz – Professor of Politics and Associate Director of the Center for Global, International and Regional Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz2. Media and the (Global) Public Sphere: An Evaluative Approach by Colin Sparks – Professor of Media Studies and Director of the Communication and Media Research Institute at the University of Westminster3. Social Movements and Global Activism by Neil Stammers – Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Sussex – and Catherine Eschle – Lecturer in the Department of Government at the University of Strathclyde4. Between a Political-Institutional Past and a Communicational-Networked Future? Reflections on the Third World Social Forum, 2003 by Peter Waterman – former researcher and senior lecturer at the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in The Hague (The Netherlands); Postscript by Marianne Maeckelberg – doctoral student at the University of Sussex5. My Life as an Activist; from Shop Steward to Internet Activist by Sarah Berger – CND activistPart Two: Global Activism and Mainstream Media6. Dying for Diamonds: The Mainstream Media and NGOs- A Case Study of Action Aid by Ivor Gaber – former Professor of Broadcast Journalism at Goldsmiths College, University of London – and Alice by Wynne Willson – Head of media relations for ActionAid7. Limits and Possibilities of Media-based Oppositional Politics; Greenpeace versus Shell; The Brent Spar Conflict by Wilma de Jong – Lecturer in Media Theory and Production at the University of Sussex8. The World Development Movement: Access and Representation of Globalization-Activism in the Mainstream Press by Dave Timms – Press Officer of the World Development Movement9. Peace Activism and Western Wars: Social Movements in Mass-Mediated Global Politics by Martin Shaw – Professor of International Relations and Politics at the University of SussexPart Three: Global Activism and Activist Media10. Activist Media, Civil Society and Social Movements by John Downing – Director of the Global Media Research Center in the College of Mass Communication and Media Arts, Southern Illinois University11. If It Leads It Bleads: The Participatory Newsmaking of the Independent Media Centre by Kate Coyer – Visiting tutor in the Department of Media and Communications at Goldsmiths College, University of London12. Transgender Activism and the Net: Global Activism or Casualty of Globalization by Kate O’ Riordan – Lecturer in Media, Culture and Communication Studies in the department of Continuing Education at the University of Sussex13. Bridging the Gap: From the Margins to the Mainstream by Pollyanna Ruiz – Doctoral student at Sussex University14. Civil Society Organisations and the Internet: the Case of Amnesty International, Oxfam and the World Development Movement by Anastasia Kavada - Doctorate student at the School of Media, Arts and Design of the University of WestminsterIndex

Wilma de Jong is Senior Lecturer in Media and Film Studies at the University of Sussex. She has been an independent filmmaker for 12 years and produced prize-winning films on social and political subjects. She is also the co-editor of Global Activism, Global Media (Pluto, 2005).Martin Shaw is Emeritus Professor of International Relations and Politics at the University of Sussex where he helped to found the Global Justice and Political Violence research network. He is the co-editor of Global Activism, Global Media (Pluto, 2005).Neil Stammers is Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Social Sciences and Cultural Studies, University of Sussex. He is the author of Human Rights and Social Movements (Pluto, 2009), and co-editor of Global Activism, Global Media (Pluto, 2005).

A book proposal that I can unreservedly recommend for publication -- Tim Jordan, Open University I am enormously enthusiatic about this proposal -- Professor James Curran, Goldsmiths

• IntroductionPart One: Global Civil Society, Global Public Sphere and Global Activism1. Networks of Knowledge and Practice: Global Civil Society and Global Communications by Ronnie D. Lipschutz – Professor of Politics and Associate Director of the Center for Global, International and Regional Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz2. Media and the (Global) Public Sphere: An Evaluative Approach by Colin Sparks – Professor of Media Studies and Director of the Communication and Media Research Institute at the University of Westminster3. Social Movements and Global Activism by Neil Stammers – Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Sussex – and Catherine Eschle – Lecturer in the Department of Government at the University of Strathclyde4. Between a Political-Institutional Past and a Communicational-Networked Future? Reflections on the Third World Social Forum, 2003 by Peter Waterman – former researcher and senior lecturer at the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in The Hague (The Netherlands); Postscript by Marianne Maeckelberg – doctoral student at the University of Sussex5. My Life as an Activist; from Shop Steward to Internet Activist by Sarah Berger – CND activistPart Two: Global Activism and Mainstream Media6. Dying for Diamonds: The Mainstream Media and NGOs- A Case Study of Action Aid by Ivor Gaber – former Professor of Broadcast Journalism at Goldsmiths College, University of London – and Alice by Wynne Willson – Head of media relations for ActionAid7. Limits and Possibilities of Media-based Oppositional Politics; Greenpeace versus Shell; The Brent Spar Conflict by Wilma de Jong – Lecturer in Media Theory and Production at the University of Sussex8. The World Development Movement: Access and Representation of Globalization-Activism in the Mainstream Press by Dave Timms – Press Officer of the World Development Movement9. Peace Activism and Western Wars: Social Movements in Mass-Mediated Global Politics by Martin Shaw – Professor of International Relations and Politics at the University of SussexPart Three: Global Activism and Activist Media10. Activist Media, Civil Society and Social Movements by John Downing – Director of the Global Media Research Center in the College of Mass Communication and Media Arts, Southern Illinois University11. If It Leads It Bleads: The Participatory Newsmaking of the Independent Media Centre by Kate Coyer – Visiting tutor in the Department of Media and Communications at Goldsmiths College, University of London12. Transgender Activism and the Net: Global Activism or Casualty of Globalization by Kate O’ Riordan – Lecturer in Media, Culture and Communication Studies in the department of Continuing Education at the University of Sussex13. Bridging the Gap: From the Margins to the Mainstream by Pollyanna Ruiz – Doctoral student at Sussex University14. Civil Society Organisations and the Internet: the Case of Amnesty International, Oxfam and the World Development Movement by Anastasia Kavada - Doctorate student at the School of Media, Arts and Design of the University of WestminsterIndex