Digital Activism Decoded

Description

"Citizens around the world are using digital technologies to push for social and political change. Yet, while stories have been published, discussed, extolled, and derided, the underlying mechanics of digital activism are little understood. This new field, its dynamics, practices, misconceptions, and possible futures are presented together for the first time in Digital Activism Decoded."

Table of Contents

Preface….. by Mary Joyce

Introduction: How to Think About Digital Activism….. by Mary Joyce

Part 1: Contexts: The Digital Activism Environment

• Infrastructure: Its Transformations and Effect on Digital Activism….. by Trebor Scholz

• Applications: Picking the Right One in a Transient World….. by Dan Schultz and Andreas Jungherr

• Devices: The Power of Mobile Phones….. by Brannon Cullum

• Economic and Social Factors: The Digital (Activism) Divide….. by Katharine Brodock

• Political Factors: Digital Activism in Closed and Open Societies….. by Tom Glaisyer

Part 2: Practices: Digital Actions in the Aggregate

• Activism Transforms Digital: The Social Movement Perspective….. by Anastasia Kavada

• Digital Transforms Activism: The Web Ecology Perspective….. by Tim Hwang

• Destructive Activism: The Double-Edged Sword of Digital Tactics….. by Steven Murdoch

Part 3: Effects: What Is Digital Activism’s Value?

• Measuring the Success of Digital Campaigns….. by Dave Karpf

• The New Casualties: Prisons and Persecution….. by Simon Columbus

• Digital Politics as Usual….. by Rasmus Kleis Nielsen

• The Future of Advocacy in a Networked Age….. by Sem Devillart and Brian Waniewski

Conclusion: Building the Future of Digital Activism….. by Mary Joyce