Social Media and Social Movements: the transformation of communication patterns.

✍ Scribed by Barış Çoban

• Publisher: LEXINGTON Books
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 273
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book examines the increased utilization of social media in daily life and its impact on social movements. The contributors analyze “social media revolutions” such as the Arab Spring, the 15-M movement in Spain, the Occupy Nigeria movement, and the Occupy Gezi movement in Turkey. The contributors to this collection—academics, researchers, and activists—implement diverse methodological approaches, both descriptive and quantitative, to cut across various disciplines, including communication and media studies, cultural studies, politics, sociology, and education.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 6
Social Media R/evolution......Page 8
Commune, the Web, and the Anarchist Thought of Mikhail Bakunin......Page 22
Movement......Page 40
Occupy Nigeria Movement, Organized Labor Unions, and Oil-Subsidy Struggle......Page 58
The Internet and Democracy in Arab Spring Morocco......Page 78
Occupy Movements, Alternative New Media, and Utopia......Page 94
Social Media and Social Change......Page 118
Active or Passive Citizen......Page 130
Youth Vote and Web 2.0 Political Engagement......Page 152
Weblogs......Page 172
The Transformation of Leisure in the Digital Age......Page 186
Virtual Voyeurism and the Capitalization of Individuality on Facebook......Page 202
Are Google’s Executives Liable for Uploaded Videos?......Page 214
Social Media in Education......Page 230
Social Media......Page 250
Index......Page 268
About the Editor and Contributors......Page 270