Social Movements and New Technology

Description

The emergence of new communication technologies (such as the Internet and social media networking sites and platforms) has strongly affected social movement activism. In this compelling and timely book, Victoria Carty examines these movements and their uses of digital technologies within the context of social movement theory and history. With an accessible and unique mix of theory and real-world examples, Social Movements and New Technology takes readers on a tour through MoveOn and Tea Party e-mail campaigns, the hacktavist tactics of Anonymous, global online protests against rapists and rape culture, and the tweets and Facebook pages that accompanied uprisings across the Arab world, Europe, and the United States. In each case study, the reader is invited to examine the movement, organization, or protest and their use of digital tools through the lens of social movement theory. Discussion questions at the end of each chapter invite critical thinking, further reflection, and debate. Cover......Page 1 Title Page......Page 4 Copyright Page......Page 5 Dedcation......Page 6 Table of Contents......Page 8 Foreword......Page 10 Preface......Page 14 INTRODUCTION The Digital Impact on Social Movements......Page 18 CHAPTER 1 Social Movement Theories......Page 36 CHAPTER 2 New Digital Capabilities and Social Change......Page 52 CHAPTER 3 MoveOn.org and the Tea Party......Page 72 CHAPTER 4 Arab Spring......Page 98 CHAPTER 5 The Occupy Wall Street Movement and Its Precursors......Page 142 CHAPTER 6 Occupy Student Debt and the Dreamers......Page 170 CONCLUSION The Digital Future of Social Movements......Page 194 References......Page 206 Index......Page 232