| Description |
xix, 316 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-305) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction : social movements and ICTs -- 2. The quadruple 'A' : media strategies of protest movements since the 1960s -- 3. Politicizing Homo economicus : analysis of anti-corporate websites -- 4. Informing, communicating and ICTs in contemporary anti-capitalist movements -- 5. New media, new movements? The role of the internet in shaping the 'anti-globalization' movement -- 6. Communicating global activism : strengths and vulnerabilities of networked politics -- 7. Mass media driven mobilization and online protest : ICTs and the pro-East Timor movement in Portugal -- 8. ATTAC(k)ing expertise : does the internet really democratize knowledge? -- 9. The Dutch women's movement online : internet and the organizational infrastructure of a social movement -- 10. Dis@bled people, ICTs and a new age of activism : a Portuguese accessibility special interest group study -- 11. The Queer sisters and its electronic bulletin board : a study of the internet for social movement mobilization -- 12. Politics and identity in cyberspace : a case study of Australian women in Agriculture online |
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Information technology -- Social aspects.
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Information technology -- Social aspects. |
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Information technology -- Political aspects.
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Information technology -- Political aspects. |
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Internet -- Social aspects.
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Internet -- Social aspects. |
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Internet -- Political aspects.
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Internet -- Political aspects. |
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Cyberspace -- Political aspects.
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Cyberspace -- Political aspects. |
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Cyberspace. |
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Social movements.
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Social movements. |
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Protest movements.
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Protest movements. |
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Social action.
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Social action. |
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Social movements. |
| Added Author |
Donk, Wim van de, 1962-
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| ISBN |
0415297850 paperback |
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0415297842 |
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