Shooting Hipsters: Rethinking Dissent in the Age of PR

by Christiana Spens

Overview

In an age of PR, public protest and other forms of dissent have lost their meaning and impact. The intense media interest  in rioting and political violence, as well as an existing obsession with youth culture, have led to an over-saturation and misrepresentation of what these movements are about. Political protest has become a pantomime where activists are always villains, and therefore the politics of these groups are routinely ignored. By identifying the ways in which publicity has helped and hindered a wide range of movements, Shooting Hipsters will find out the ways in which dissenting groups can thrive and survive in a media-saturated age, as well as describing the common ways that they can be undermined.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781910924174
Publisher:	Watkins Media
Publication date:	04/05/2016
Sold by:	Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format:	eBook
Pages:	160
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Christiana Spens was educated at the University of Cambridge and the University of St. Andrews in Philosophy and Politics. She is the author of The Wrecking Ball, The Socialite Manifesto and Death of a Ladies’ Man, and has written for Studio International, The Quietus, the Journal of Terrorism Research and others on art, literature and politics.

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From the Publisher

“Shooting Hipsters is a riveting read from beginning to end.” 
Huw Oliver, Dazed & Confused 

“Shooting Hipsters is an astute, entertaining and erudite examination of the problems facing modern protest groups, and the possibilities opened up by PR.” 
Thom Cuell, 3:AM Magazine