Wired and mobilizing [electronic resource] : social movements, new technology, and electoral politics / Victoria Carty.
Material type: TextSeries: Routledge studies in science, technology and society ; 13.Publication details: New York : Routledge, 2011. Description: vii, 111 p. : illISBN: 9780203842768 (e-book : PDF)Subject(s): Social movements -- Technological innovations | Internet in political campaigns | Internet -- Social aspects | Online social networks -- Political aspects | Social media -- Political aspectsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: No title; No titleOnline resources: Click here to access online Also available in print edition.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Overview of social movement theories and a proposed synthesis -- Students against sweatshops and corporate social responsibility: the anti-Nike campaign -- Contentious politics, cyberactivism, and electoral reform: the reemergence of the peace movement post 9-11 -- Moveon.org and the digital revolution -- The 2008 presidential election and youth activism: digital technologies as grassroots empowerment or elite control?
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