New Media and Public Activism : : Neoliberalism, the State and Radical Protest in the Public Sphere / / John Michael Roberts.
The Arab Spring, chat forums, political leaders tweeting, online petitions, and protestors in the Occupy Movement - new media public spheres have without doubt radically altered social and political activism in society. But to what extent is this new activist public sphere stifled by the neoliberal...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2014] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- Introducing new media and public activism
- Creative digital capitalism? Exploitation, information and finance
- Neoliberalism and new public management: the rise of the competent public sphere
- E-democracy and public deliberation in the competent public sphere
- Social media and the neoliberal subject
- Zoning public space 1: hybrid surveillance and state power
- Zoning public space 2: gentrification, community publics and CCTV
- Global social movements: beyond the competent public sphere?
- Conclusion: the Occupy movement, community activism and ‘incompetent’ public spheres
- References
- Index