Shooting hipsters: rethinking dissent in the age of pr

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In an age of PR, public protest and other forms of dissent have lost their meaning and impact. The intense media interest in rioting and political violence, as well as an existing obsession with youth culture, have led to an over-saturation and misrepresentation of what these movements are about. Political protest has become a pantomime where activists are always villains, and therefore the politics of these groups are routinely ignored. By identifying the ways in which publicity has helped and hindered a wide range of movements, Shooting Hipsters will find out the ways in which dissenting groups can thrive and survive in a media-saturated age, as well as describing the common ways that they can be undermined. From the Trade Paperback edition.;Title; Contents; Introduction The Romance of Dissent; Chapter One Protest and the Media: A Brief History; Chapter Two Oxygen for Terrorists; Chapter Three The Business of Bad Publicity; Chapter Four The Political Spectacle; Chapter Five The Stylish Kids in the Riot; Chapter Six Populist Dissent; Chapter Seven Narcissists with Bombs; Chapter Eight Shock and Awe: Performativity, Machismo and ISIS; Chapter Nine Clandestine Dissent; Chapter Ten Turning the Camera; Chapter Eleven Beyond Martyrs and Terrorists; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Copyright.