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1 online resource |
| Series |
Chandos social media series |
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Chandos social media series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Collective Action 2.0: The Impact of Social Media on Collective Action provides a balanced look into how ICTs leverage and interact with collective action through avoiding technological determinism, utopianism, and fundamentalism, which impacts the current discourse. Recent events in different authoritarian regimes, such as Iran and Egypt, have drawn global attention to a developing phenomenon in collective action: people tend to organize through different social media platforms for political protest and resistance. This phenomenon describes a change in social structure and behavior tied to Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Social media platforms have been used to leverage collective action, which, in some cases, has arguable led to political revolution. The phenomenon also indicates that the way information is organized affects the organization of social structures with which it interacts. The phenomenon also has another side, namely the use of social media for activist suppression, state surveillance, or for the mobilization of collective action towards undesirable ends. Analyzes social media and collective action in a deep and balanced mannerPresents an account avoiding technological determinism, utopianism, and fundamentalismConsiders the underlying theory behind quick-paced social mediaTakes an interdisciplinary approach that will resonate with all those interested in social media and collective action, regardless of field specialty. |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction -- 1.1. #1Mai_Nazifrei -- 1.2. Hype Cycle and the Need for a Theoretical Framework -- 1.3. Reciprocal Relation Between Information and Communication Technology and Collective Action -- 1.4. Book Outline -- References -- pt. 1 Theoretical Framework -- ch. 2 What Is Social Media: A Critical View -- 2.1. Social Media as Information and Communication Technology -- 2.2. Social Media as Institutions -- 2.3. Social Media as Media -- 2.4. Beware of Social Media Determinism -- References -- ch. 3 Tehran, Tunis, Tahrir: Social Media and the Formation of Collective Action -- 3.1. From an Individual Agent to an Active Collective -- 3.2. "Facebook Revolution" Is Just Another Revolution: Social Media and the Formation of a Collective in the Arab Spring -- 3.3. Conclusions -- References -- ch. 4 Cottage, Tents, and Chocolate Pudding: The Cultural Context of the Israeli Social Justice Protests -- 4.1. Setting up the First Tent -- 4.2. Chronology of the 2010s Israeli Social Justice Protests -- 4.3. Cultural Context of Social Movements -- 4.4. Social Media and the Cultural Context of Social Justice Protests in Israel -- 4.5. Code of Israeliness? Conclusions -- References -- ch. 5 Social Network: The Relevance of Weak and Strong Ties for Mobilization Over Social Media -- 5.1. What Are Social Networks? -- 5.2. Social Media and Social Networks -- 5.3. Social Networks, Interpersonal Ties, and Mobilization Over Social Media -- 5.4. Leaderless Network? -- References -- ch. 6 Berlin Helps: Resource Mobilization and Social Media Deployment in Berlin's Refugee Aid Movement -- 6.1. One Hot Summer Day at #LaGeSo -- 6.2. Resource Mobilization Theory -- 6.3. Social Media and Resource Mobilization -- 6.4. Conclusions -- References -- pt. 2 Discussion -- ch. 7 Between Actions and Algorithms: How Social Media Facilitate and Enable Collective Action -- 7.1. Between Flickr and the Google Index -- 7.2. Between Actions and Algorithms -- 7.3. Conclusions -- References -- ch. 8 Alternative or Mainstream: The Interplay Between Social Media and Mass Media -- 8.1. Many Facets of Newsworthiness -- 8.2. Social Media -- Alternative Media? -- 8.3. Conclusions -- References -- ch. 9 Big Brother Is Watching You: Collective Action and Surveillance in Social Media -- 9.1. Stasi 2.0: State Surveillance and the Deployment of Social Media for Collective Action in Authoritarian Context -- 9.2. Living in the Post-Snowden Era: State Surveillance and the Deployment of Social Media for Collective Action in Democratic Context -- 9.3. Aiding the Enemy: Corporate Surveillance and Economic Interests on Social Media -- 9.4. Living in the Postpanopticon Era? Conclusions -- References -- ch. 10 Sharing Is Caring? Social Media and Demobilization -- 10.1. Long Tail of Slacktivism -- 10.2. Demobilization and the Structural Elements of Social Media -- 10.3. Sharing Is Caring? Conclusions -- References -- ch. 11 Right Tool in the Wrong Hands: Neutrality, Values, and Biases of Social Media Deployment -- 11.1. Wrong Hands? Negative Causes, Framing, and Social Media -- 11.2. Right Tool? Values and Biases in Social Media -- 11.3. There Is No Right Life in the Wrong One? Conclusions -- References -- pt. 3 Epilogue -- ch. 12 On the Verge of the Plateau: Epilogue. |
| Subject |
Social media -- Political aspects.
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Political participation.
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Médias sociaux -- Aspect politique. |
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Participation politique. |
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Political participation |
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Social media -- Political aspects |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Spier, Shaked. Collective action 2.0 9780081005675 0081005679 (OCoLC)961801103 |
| ISBN |
9780081005798 (electronic bk.) |
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0081005792 (electronic bk.) |
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