Digital activism in asia reader / / Nishant Shah, Puthiya Purayil Sneha, Sumandro Chattapadhyay, editor.

Annotation The digital turn might as well be marked as an Asian turn. From flash-mobs in Taiwan to feminist mobilisations in India, from hybrid media strategies of Syrian activists to cultural protests in Thailand, we see the emergence of political acts that transform the citizen from being a benefi...

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Place / Publishing House:Luneburg : : Meson Press,, [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (269 pages) :; illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword 9
  • Nishant Shah
  • From Taboo to Beautiful: Menstrupedia 15
  • Denisse Albornoz
  • Annotated by Nandini Chami
  • Keeping Our Voices Loud: The Evolution of CrowdVoice.org 31
  • Esra'a Al Shafei
  • Annotated by Puthiya Purayil Sneha
  • Digital Natives' Alternative Approach to Social Change 37
  • Maesy Angelina
  • Annotated by Sarah Mckeever
  • We Come from an Activist Background 55
  • An Interview with Htaike Htaike Aung, MIDO
  • Digital Natives and the Return of the Local Cause 63
  • Anat Ben-David
  • Annotated by Padmini Ray Murray
  • Greatfire.org 79
  • Sumandro Chattapadhyay
  • Taiwan's Sunflower Protest: Digital Anatomy of aMovement 87
  • Tracey Cheng
  • Annotated by Puthiya Purayil Sneha
  • Digital Revolution in Reverse: Syria's Media
  • Diversifies Offline 99
  • Armand Hurault
  • Annotated by Puthiya Purayil Sneha
  • India Calling 105
  • Rachel Jolley
  • Annotated by Puthiya Purayil Sneha
  • Digital Populism in South Korea? Internet Culture and the Trouble
  • with Direct Participation 113
  • Youngmi Kim
  • Annotated by Sumandro Chattapadhyay
  • Many Clicks but Little Sticks: Social Media Activism
  • in Indonesia 127
  • Merlyna Lim
  • Annotated by Nishant Shah
  • Rising Voices: Indigenous Language Digital Activism 155
  • Subhashish Panigrahi
  • Annotated by Padmini Ray Murray
  • Towards 2 Way Participation 159
  • Prabhas Pokharel
  • Annotated by Padmini Ray Murray
  • Wikipedia, Bhanwari Devi and the Need for an
  • Alert Feminist Public 173
  • Urvashi Sarkar
  • Annotated by Shobha S.V.
  • Digital Natives in the Name of a Cause: From "Flash Mob" to
  • "Human Flesh Search" 179
  • YiPing (Zona) Tsou
  • Annotated by Nandini Chami
  • Three Forces Acting behind the Development of the Internet 197
  • Hu Yong
  • Annotated by Puthiya Purayil Sneha
  • Old and New Media: Converging During the Pakistan Emergency
  • (March 200 - February 2008) 205
  • Huma Yusuf
  • Annotated by Shobha S.V.
  • Redefining Youth Activism through Digital Technology
  • in Singapore 235
  • Weiyu Zhang
  • Annotated by Sarah McKeever
  • Acknowledgements 257
  • Contributors 259
  • Publication Details and License Information 265.