@ is for activism : dissent, resistance and rebellion in a digital culture /

@ is for activism : dissent, resistance and rebellion in a digital culture /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Hands, Joss.
Imprint:	London ; New York, NY : Pluto, 2011.
Description:	vii, 210 p. ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Political participation -- Technological innovations. Digital communications -- Political aspects. Digital media -- Political aspects. Political activists. Internet -- Political aspects. Online social networks -- Political aspects. Digital media -- Political aspects. Internet -- Political aspects. Political activists.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8353972

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Varying Form of Title:	At is for activism A is for activism
ISBN:	9780745327006 (pbk.) 0745327001 (pbk.) 9780745327013 (hbk.) 074532701X (hbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-201) and index.
Summary:	@ is For Activism examines the transformation of politics through digital media, including digital television, online social networking and mobile computing. Joss Hands maps out how political relationships have been reconfigured and new modes of cooperation, deliberation and representation have emerged. This analysis is applied to the organisation and practice of alternative politics, showing how they have developed and embraced the new political and technological environment. Hands offers a comprehensive critical survey of existing literature, as well as an original perspective on networks and political change. He includes many case studies including the anti-war and global justice movements, peer production, user created TV and 'Twitter' activism. @ is For Activism is essential for activists and students of politics and media.
Other form:	Online version: Hands, Joss. @ is for activism. London ; New York, NY : Pluto, 2011

Table of Contents:

Introduction
1. Activism And Technology
2. The Digital Author As Producer
3. Protocol; Norm; Imperative: Networks As Moral Machines
4. Power Law Democracy
5. Mobil(E)Isation
6. @ Is Also For Alter-Globalisation
7. Constructing The Common: Cooperation And Multitude
Concluding Remarks: Beyond Interpassivity
Notes
Index