Transnational Protests and the Media
New York: Peter Lang (2011), xi, 352 pp.
Contains illustrations, bibliogr. pp. 305-331, index
Series: Global Crises and the Media, 10
ISBN 9781433109850
Signature commbox: 10-International-E 2011
"In what ways can mediated transnational protests express, however emergently or imperfectly, «global civil society» and «global citizenship»? How, in an increasingly fragmented and multilayered communications environment, can they contribute to a «global public sphere»? This book explores these and other major questions, examining protests and their transactions within and through today’s complex circuits of communications and media worldwide. With contributions from leading theorists and researchers, this cutting-edge collection discusses protests focusing on war and peace, economy and trade, ecology and climate change, as well as political struggles for civil and human rights, including the Arab uprisings. At its core is a desire to better understand activists’ innovative uses of media and communications within a rapidly changing media environment, and how this is altering relations of communication power around the globe." (Publisher description)
PART ONE: TRANSNATIONAL PROTESTS: APPROACHES AND AGENDAS
1 Transnational Protests and the Media: An Introduction / Simon Cottle, Libby Lester, 3
2 Transnational Protests and the Media: New Departures, Challenging Debates / Simon Cottle, 17
PART TWO: PROTESTING WAR AND PEACE
3 Scales of Activism: New Media and Transnational Connections in Anti-War Movements / Jenny Pickerill, Kevin Gillan, Frank Webster, 41
4 "Not in Our Name": British Press, the Anti-war Movement and the Iraq Crisis 2002-2009 / Craig Murray, Piers Robinson, Peter Goddard, Katy Parry, 59
5 On Anti- Iraq War Protests and the Global News Sphere / Stephen Reese, 74
PART THREE: PROTESTING ECONOMY AND TRADE
6 Leaderless Crowds, Self- Organizing Publics, and Virtual Masses: The New Media Politics of Dissent / Andrew Rojecki, 87
7 Mediating and Embodying Transnational Protest: Internal and External Effects of Mass Global Justice Actions / Jeffrey Juris, 98
8 Protest and Public Relations: A New Era for Non-institutional Sources? / Adam Bowers, 113
9 Photography, the Police and Protest: Images of the G20, London 2009 / David Archibald, 129
PART FOUR: PROTESTING ECOLOGY AND CLIMATE
10 Wild Public Screens and Image Events from Seattle to China: Using Social Media to Broadcast Activism / Kevin Michael DeLuca, Ye Sun, Jennifer Peeples, 143
11 Politics, Power and Online Protest in an Age of Environmental Conflict / Brett Hutchins, Libby Lester, 159
12 Amazon Struggles in the Global Media Age: Framing and Discourses in Environmental Conflict / Conny Davidsen, 172
13 Piracy Up-Linked: Sea Shepherd and the Spectacle of Protest on the High Seas / David Crouch, Katarina Damjanov, 185
14 Climate Change and International Protest at Copenhagen: Reflections on British Television and the Web / Neil T. Gavin, Tom Marshall, 197
PART FIVE: PROTESTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND CIVIL RIGHTS
15 Open Source Protest: Human Rights, Online Activism and the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games / Ana Adi, Andy Miah, 213
16 The 2008 Tibet Riots: Competing Perspectives, Divided Group Protests and Divergent Media Narratives / Chen Li, Lucy Montgomery, 225
17 Resistanbul: An Analysis of Mediated Communication in Transnational Activism / Ilke Sanlier Yüksel, Murat Yüksel, 242
18 Political Protest and the Persian Blogosphere: The Iranian Election / Nazanin Ghanaviz, 255
19 The Global Human Rights Regime and the Internet: Non-Democratic States and the Hypervisibility of Evidence of Oppression / James Stanyer, Scott Davidson, 268
PART SIX: TRANSNATIONAL PROTESTS AND THE MEDIA: TOWARD GLOBAL CIVIL SOCIETY?
20 Transnational Protests and the Media: Toward Global Civil Society? / Libby Lester, Simon Cottle, 287
Afterword: Media and the Arab Uprisings of 2011 / Simon Cottle, 293
1 Transnational Protests and the Media: An Introduction / Simon Cottle, Libby Lester, 3
2 Transnational Protests and the Media: New Departures, Challenging Debates / Simon Cottle, 17
PART TWO: PROTESTING WAR AND PEACE
3 Scales of Activism: New Media and Transnational Connections in Anti-War Movements / Jenny Pickerill, Kevin Gillan, Frank Webster, 41
4 "Not in Our Name": British Press, the Anti-war Movement and the Iraq Crisis 2002-2009 / Craig Murray, Piers Robinson, Peter Goddard, Katy Parry, 59
5 On Anti- Iraq War Protests and the Global News Sphere / Stephen Reese, 74
PART THREE: PROTESTING ECONOMY AND TRADE
6 Leaderless Crowds, Self- Organizing Publics, and Virtual Masses: The New Media Politics of Dissent / Andrew Rojecki, 87
7 Mediating and Embodying Transnational Protest: Internal and External Effects of Mass Global Justice Actions / Jeffrey Juris, 98
8 Protest and Public Relations: A New Era for Non-institutional Sources? / Adam Bowers, 113
9 Photography, the Police and Protest: Images of the G20, London 2009 / David Archibald, 129
PART FOUR: PROTESTING ECOLOGY AND CLIMATE
10 Wild Public Screens and Image Events from Seattle to China: Using Social Media to Broadcast Activism / Kevin Michael DeLuca, Ye Sun, Jennifer Peeples, 143
11 Politics, Power and Online Protest in an Age of Environmental Conflict / Brett Hutchins, Libby Lester, 159
12 Amazon Struggles in the Global Media Age: Framing and Discourses in Environmental Conflict / Conny Davidsen, 172
13 Piracy Up-Linked: Sea Shepherd and the Spectacle of Protest on the High Seas / David Crouch, Katarina Damjanov, 185
14 Climate Change and International Protest at Copenhagen: Reflections on British Television and the Web / Neil T. Gavin, Tom Marshall, 197
PART FIVE: PROTESTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND CIVIL RIGHTS
15 Open Source Protest: Human Rights, Online Activism and the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games / Ana Adi, Andy Miah, 213
16 The 2008 Tibet Riots: Competing Perspectives, Divided Group Protests and Divergent Media Narratives / Chen Li, Lucy Montgomery, 225
17 Resistanbul: An Analysis of Mediated Communication in Transnational Activism / Ilke Sanlier Yüksel, Murat Yüksel, 242
18 Political Protest and the Persian Blogosphere: The Iranian Election / Nazanin Ghanaviz, 255
19 The Global Human Rights Regime and the Internet: Non-Democratic States and the Hypervisibility of Evidence of Oppression / James Stanyer, Scott Davidson, 268
PART SIX: TRANSNATIONAL PROTESTS AND THE MEDIA: TOWARD GLOBAL CIVIL SOCIETY?
20 Transnational Protests and the Media: Toward Global Civil Society? / Libby Lester, Simon Cottle, 287
Afterword: Media and the Arab Uprisings of 2011 / Simon Cottle, 293
