The Routledge Companion to Media and Activism
London; New York: Routledge, paperback ed. (2020), xvi, 419 pp.
Contains index
Series: Routledge Companions
ISBN 978-0-367-65996-7 (pbk); 9781315475059 (ebook)
Other editions: hardback ed. 2018
"The Routledge Companion to Media and Activism is a wide-ranging collection of 42 original and authoritative essays by leading contributors from a variety of academic disciplines. Introducing and exploring central debates about the diverse relationships between both media and protest, and communication and social change, the book offers readers a reliable and informed guide to understanding how media and activism influence one another. The expert contributors examine the tactics and strategies of protest movements, and how activists organize themselves and each other; they investigate the dilemmas of media coverage and the creation of alternative media spaces and platforms; and they emphasize the importance of creativity and art in social change. Bringing together case studies and contributors from six continents, the collection is organized around themes that address past, present and future developments from around the world." (Publisher description)
Introduction: making meanings and making trouble / Graham Meikle, 1
I. THEMES
1 Looking back, looking ahead: what has changed in social movement media since the internet and social media? / John D.H. Downing, 19
2 The Nexus between media, communication and social movements: looking back and the way forward / Donatella della Porta, Elena Pavan, 29
3 Nonviolent activism and the media: Gandhi and beyond / Sean Scalmer, 38
4 Can the Women's Peace Camp be televised: challenging mainstream media coverage of Greenham Common / Anna Feigenbaum, 47
5 Artistic activism / Stephen Duncombe, Steve Lambert, 57
6 Alternative computing / Leah A. Lievrouw, 65
II. ORGANIZATIONS AND IDENTITIES
7 Transformative media organizing: key lessons from participatory communications research with the immigrant rights, Occupy, and LGBTQ and Two-Spirit movements, 77
8 Affective publics and windows of opportunity: social media and the potential for social change / Zizi Papacharissi, Meggan Taylor Trevey, 87
9 Social media and contentious action in China / Zixue Tai, 97
10 Connective or collective: the intersection between online crowds and social movements in contemporary activism / Anastasia Kavada, 108
11 The communicative core of working class organization / Jesse Drew, 117
12 Digital activism and the future of worker resistance / Lina Dencik, Peter Wilkin, 125
13 Forming publics: alternative media and activist cultural practices / Ricarda Drüeke, Elke Zobl, 134
14 Social media activism, self-representation and the construction of political biographies / Veronica Barassi, 142
III. ACTIVIST ARTS
15 Cats, punk, arson and new media: art actvism in Russia 2007-2015 / Yngvar B. Steinholt, 153
16 Art as activism in Japan: the case of a good-for-nothing kid and her pussy / Mark McLelland, 162
17 Music and activism: from prefigurative to pragmatic politics / Andrew Green, John Street, 171
18 Small 'p' politics and minor gestures: political artists, politics and aesthetics in contemporary art / Maria Miranda, Norie Neumark, 179
19 I can haz rights: online memes as digital embodiment of craft(ivism) / Victoria Esteves, 187
20 Feminist protest assemblages and remix culture / Red Chidgey, 196
IV. TACTICS OF VISIBILITY
21 Affective activism and political secularism: the unending body in the Femen movement / Camilla Mohring Reestorff, 207
22 The purchase of witnessing in human rights activism / Sandra Ristovska, 216
23 Palestine online: occupation and liberation in the digital age / Miriyam Aouragh, 223
24 Turning murders into public executions: 'beheading videos' as alternative media / Joe F. Khalil, 232
25 Urban graffiti, political activism and resistance / Noureddine Miladi, 241
26 Leaktivism and its discontents / Athina Karatzogianni, 250
27 Counter-cartography: mapping power as collective practice / André Mesquita, 259
V. CONTESTING NARRATIVES
28 Climate justice, hacktivist sensibilities, prototypes of change / Adrienne Russell, 271
29 The British National Party: digital discourse and power / Chris Atton, 280
30 Mapping social media trajectories in Zimbabwe / Bruce Mutsvairo, 289
31 The Case of the destroyed plaque: social media, collective memory and activism in Cartagena, Colombia / Anamaria Tamayo-Duque, Toby Miller, 298
32 The media strategy of the Aboriginal Black Power, Land Rights an Self-determination movement / Gary Foley, Edwina Howell, 307
VI. CHANGING THE MEDIA
33 Policy activism: advocating, protesting and hacking media regulation / Arne Hintz, 319
34 Media activism: media change? / Natalie Fenton, 329
35 Fan activism / Samantha Close, 337
36 Acting out: resisting copyright monopolies / Steve Collins, 346
37 Disability and media activism / Katie Ellis, Gerard Goggin, 355
VII. BEYOND SOCIAL MEDIA
38 From digital activism to algorithmic resistance / Emiliano Treré, 367
39 On the question of blockchain activism / Oliver Leistert, 376
40 'Dear Mr. Neo-Nazi, can you please give me your informed consent so that I can quote your fascist tweet?': questions o social media research ethics in online ideology critique / Christian Fuchs, 385
41 Beyond 'report, block, ignore': informal responses to trolling and harassment on social media / Frances Shaw, 395
42 Organized networks in the age of platform capitalism / Geert Lovink, Ned Rossiter, 404
I. THEMES
1 Looking back, looking ahead: what has changed in social movement media since the internet and social media? / John D.H. Downing, 19
2 The Nexus between media, communication and social movements: looking back and the way forward / Donatella della Porta, Elena Pavan, 29
3 Nonviolent activism and the media: Gandhi and beyond / Sean Scalmer, 38
4 Can the Women's Peace Camp be televised: challenging mainstream media coverage of Greenham Common / Anna Feigenbaum, 47
5 Artistic activism / Stephen Duncombe, Steve Lambert, 57
6 Alternative computing / Leah A. Lievrouw, 65
II. ORGANIZATIONS AND IDENTITIES
7 Transformative media organizing: key lessons from participatory communications research with the immigrant rights, Occupy, and LGBTQ and Two-Spirit movements, 77
8 Affective publics and windows of opportunity: social media and the potential for social change / Zizi Papacharissi, Meggan Taylor Trevey, 87
9 Social media and contentious action in China / Zixue Tai, 97
10 Connective or collective: the intersection between online crowds and social movements in contemporary activism / Anastasia Kavada, 108
11 The communicative core of working class organization / Jesse Drew, 117
12 Digital activism and the future of worker resistance / Lina Dencik, Peter Wilkin, 125
13 Forming publics: alternative media and activist cultural practices / Ricarda Drüeke, Elke Zobl, 134
14 Social media activism, self-representation and the construction of political biographies / Veronica Barassi, 142
III. ACTIVIST ARTS
15 Cats, punk, arson and new media: art actvism in Russia 2007-2015 / Yngvar B. Steinholt, 153
16 Art as activism in Japan: the case of a good-for-nothing kid and her pussy / Mark McLelland, 162
17 Music and activism: from prefigurative to pragmatic politics / Andrew Green, John Street, 171
18 Small 'p' politics and minor gestures: political artists, politics and aesthetics in contemporary art / Maria Miranda, Norie Neumark, 179
19 I can haz rights: online memes as digital embodiment of craft(ivism) / Victoria Esteves, 187
20 Feminist protest assemblages and remix culture / Red Chidgey, 196
IV. TACTICS OF VISIBILITY
21 Affective activism and political secularism: the unending body in the Femen movement / Camilla Mohring Reestorff, 207
22 The purchase of witnessing in human rights activism / Sandra Ristovska, 216
23 Palestine online: occupation and liberation in the digital age / Miriyam Aouragh, 223
24 Turning murders into public executions: 'beheading videos' as alternative media / Joe F. Khalil, 232
25 Urban graffiti, political activism and resistance / Noureddine Miladi, 241
26 Leaktivism and its discontents / Athina Karatzogianni, 250
27 Counter-cartography: mapping power as collective practice / André Mesquita, 259
V. CONTESTING NARRATIVES
28 Climate justice, hacktivist sensibilities, prototypes of change / Adrienne Russell, 271
29 The British National Party: digital discourse and power / Chris Atton, 280
30 Mapping social media trajectories in Zimbabwe / Bruce Mutsvairo, 289
31 The Case of the destroyed plaque: social media, collective memory and activism in Cartagena, Colombia / Anamaria Tamayo-Duque, Toby Miller, 298
32 The media strategy of the Aboriginal Black Power, Land Rights an Self-determination movement / Gary Foley, Edwina Howell, 307
VI. CHANGING THE MEDIA
33 Policy activism: advocating, protesting and hacking media regulation / Arne Hintz, 319
34 Media activism: media change? / Natalie Fenton, 329
35 Fan activism / Samantha Close, 337
36 Acting out: resisting copyright monopolies / Steve Collins, 346
37 Disability and media activism / Katie Ellis, Gerard Goggin, 355
VII. BEYOND SOCIAL MEDIA
38 From digital activism to algorithmic resistance / Emiliano Treré, 367
39 On the question of blockchain activism / Oliver Leistert, 376
40 'Dear Mr. Neo-Nazi, can you please give me your informed consent so that I can quote your fascist tweet?': questions o social media research ethics in online ideology critique / Christian Fuchs, 385
41 Beyond 'report, block, ignore': informal responses to trolling and harassment on social media / Frances Shaw, 395
42 Organized networks in the age of platform capitalism / Geert Lovink, Ned Rossiter, 404
