Social Media and Social Movements: The Transformation of Communication Patterns

by Baris Çoban (Editor), Baris Çoban (Contribution by), Chiara Livia Bernardi (Contribution by), Tommaso Gravante (Contribution by), Alice Poma (Contribution by)

Overview

This book examines the increased utilization of social media in daily life and its impact on social movements. The contributors analyze “social media revolutions” such as the Arab Spring, the 15-M movement in Spain, the Occupy Nigeria movement, and the Occupy Gezi movement in Turkey. The contributors to this collection—academics, researchers, and activists—implement diverse methodological approaches, both descriptive and quantitative, to cut across various disciplines, including communication and media studies, cultural studies, politics, sociology, and education.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781498529327
Publisher:	Lexington Books
Publication date:	07/21/2017
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.70(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Barış Çoban is associate professor in the Communication Sciences Department at Doğuş University.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Commune, the Web and the Anarchist Thought of Mikhail Bakunin
Chiara Livia Bernardi
Chapter 2: New Media and Empowerment in the Indignados’ Movement: “If you want that no one else decides for you, so that no one else speaks for you”
Tommaso Gravante, Alice Poma
Chapter 3: Occupy-Nigeria Movement, Organised Labour Unions and Oil-Subsidy Struggle: An Analysis of Processes in -Media(ted) “Revolution” and its Demise
Kudus Oluwatoyin Adebayo
Chapter 4: Internet in Morocco
Abderrahim Chalfaouat
Chapter 5: Occupy Movements, Alternative New Media and Utopia: The Gezi Resistance and Activist Citizen Journalism
Barış Çoban
Chapter 6: Social Media and Social Change: The 2011 Campaign for Stopping the Massacre of the Danube Delta Wild Horses
Dana Florentina Nicolae
Chapter 7: Active or Passive Local Public Sphere – The Influence of ICT over Contemporary Local Democracy
Ilona Biernacka-Ligieza
Chapter 8: Youth Vote and Web 2.0 Political Engagement: Can Facebook Increase the Propensity of Young Citizen to Vote?
Alan Steinberg
Chapter 9: The 'stensible Revolution of Blogs
Simona Stano
Chapter 10: The Transformation of Leisure in The Digital Age
Ana Vinals Blanco
Chapter 11: Virtual Voyeurism and Capitalization of Individuality in Facebook
Shahriar Kabir
Chapter 12: Are Google's Executives Liable for Uploaded Videos? Italian Case
Anna Rita Popoli
Chapter 13: Social Media in Education: Main Sources for Inclusion and Collaborative Learning
Magda Pischetola
Chapter 14: Social Media: Transformation of Education
Carolina Duek and Gastón Tourn

Editorial Reviews

This is a very comprehensive work on social media and the potential roles of social media not only in democratic societies but also in societies which "resist" for democratization.

Ülkü Doğanay

This broad and engaging volume offers diverse entry points onto the dynamic landscape of the contemporary social media revolution.

Todd Wolfson

This is a very comprehensive work on social media and the potential roles of social media not only in democratic societies but also in societies which "resist" for democratization.

Ülkü Doğanay

This edited volume provides an eclectic, international perspective on the role that social media platforms have played in social revolutions around the world. Although the topic is not new in popular or scholarly discourse, the book brings together a diverse set of authors—representing several demographics and nations—and references events not often included in Western-focused conversations on social media (for example, the 2013 Gezi resistance in Turkey and the massacre, starting in 2010, of wild horses in the Danube delta region of Romania). The volume includes both analytical and critical essays along with a few empirical reports.... [I]n an increasingly crowded marketplace of social media theory and research books, this volume provides needed fresh examples of social media revolutions in the world. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and above.

CHOICE

This is a very comprehensive work on social media and the potential roles of social media not only in democratic societies but also in societies which "resist" for democratization.

Ulku Doganay

This edited volume provides an eclectic, international perspective on the role that social media platforms have played in social revolutions around the world. Although the topic is not new in popular or scholarly discourse, the book brings together a diverse set of authors—representing several demographics and nations—and references events not often included in Western-focused conversations on social media (for example, the 2013 Gezi resistance in Turkey and the massacre, starting in 2010, of wild horses in the Danube delta region of Romania). The volume includes both analytical and critical essays along with a few empirical reports.... [I]n an increasingly crowded marketplace of social media theory and research books, this volume provides needed fresh examples of social media revolutions in the world. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and above.

Choice

This edited volume provides an eclectic, international perspective on the role that social media platforms have played in social revolutions around the world. Although the topic is not new in popular or scholarly discourse, the book brings together a diverse set of authors—representing several demographics and nations—and references events not often included in Western-focused conversations on social media (for example, the 2013 Gezi resistance in Turkey and the massacre, starting in 2010, of wild horses in the Danube delta region of Romania). The volume includes both analytical and critical essays along with a few empirical reports.... [I]n an increasingly crowded marketplace of social media theory and research books, this volume provides needed fresh examples of social media revolutions in the world. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and above.

Choice Reviews

This is a very comprehensive work on social media and the potential roles of social media not only in democratic societies but also in societies which "resist" for democratization.

Ülkü Doganay