"In his too-short life, Aaron Swartz reshaped the Internet, questioned our assumptions about intellectual property, and touched all of us in ways that we may not even realize. His tragic suicide in 2013 at the age of twenty-six after being aggressively prosecuted for copyright i…
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The Other Digital China: Nonconfrontational Activism on the Social Web maps out the emerging ecosystem of Chinese activism 2.0 that traverses multiple sectors-the NGO sector, universities, the corporate sector, and the IT sector-where change agents are creating social good in no…
The Other Digital China: Nonconfrontational Activism on the Social Web maps out the emerging ecosystem of Chinese activism 2.0 that traverses multiple sectors-the NGO sector, universities, the corporate sector, and the IT sector-where change agents are creating social good in no…
The 2016 presidential election launched a public debate about the role the internet plays in civic and political life. To explain the surprise election of President Trump, a long list of culprits has been identified: Russian hacks, bots, fake news, greedy and careless social net…
Provides an anthropological exploration of the role that actors such as WikiLeaks, Anonymous, Edward Snowden and others play in sparking and managing new processes of political change in the digital age. Postill draws from long-term ethnographic research in Spain and Indonesia--…
Lively and wide-ranging, 'The Rise of Nerd Politics' is a anthropological exploration of the role that freedom technologists play in sparking new processes of political change in the digital age. Drawing on John Postill's anthropological fieldwork on social media and digital act…
Provides an anthropological exploration of the role that actors such as WikiLeaks, Anonymous, Edward Snowden and others play in sparking and managing new processes of political change in the digital age. Postill draws from long-term ethnographic research in Spain and Indonesia--…
This work provides an in-depth exploration of how Latin American feminist and queer activists have interpreted the internet, from its inception in the region through the explosion of social media.
"Every user knows the importance of the '@' symbol in internet communication. Though the symbol barely existed in Latin America before the emergence of email, Spanish-speaking feminist activists immediately claimed it to replace the awkward 'o/a' used to indicate both genders in…
Every user knows the importance of the "@" symbol in internet communication. Though the symbol barely existed in Latin America before the emergence of email, Spanish-speaking feminist activists immediately claimed it to replace the awkward "o/a" used to indicate both genders in …
"Every user knows the importance of the '@' symbol in internet communication. Though the symbol barely existed in Latin America before the emergence of email, Spanish-speaking feminist activists immediately claimed it to replace the awkward 'o/a' used to indicate both genders in…
"Every user knows the importance of the '@' symbol in internet communication. Though the symbol barely existed in Latin America before the emergence of email, Spanish-speaking feminist activists immediately claimed it to replace the awkward 'o/a' used to indicate both genders in…
"This is the first authoritative reference work to map the multi-faceted and vibrant site of citizen media research and practice, incorporating insights from across a wide range of scholarly areas. Citizen Media is a fast-evolving terrain that cuts across a variety of discipline…
Nirbhaya, new media and digital gender activism
by Dey, Adrija
fromDigital activism and society
0
Type: Book
This title centres around digital gender activism focusing on the implications that the phenomenon of online gender activism has for politics, society, culture and gender relations/dynamics. On December 16th, 2012, Jyoti Singh, a female physiotherapy student from New Delhi was r…
Nirbhaya, new media and digital gender activism
by Dey, Adrija
fromDigital activism and society
0
Type: Book
This title centres around digital gender activism focusing on the implications that the phenomenon of online gender activism has for politics, society, culture and gender relations/dynamics. On December 16th, 2012, Jyoti Singh, a female physiotherapy student from New Delhi was r…
Nirbhaya, new media and digital gender activism
by Dey, Adrija
fromDigital activism and society
0
Type: Book
This title centres around digital gender activism focusing on the implications that the phenomenon of online gender activism has for politics, society, culture and gender relations/dynamics. On December 16th, 2012, Jyoti Singh, a female physiotherapy student from New Delhi was r…
Nirbhaya, new media and digital gender activism
by Dey, Adrija
fromDigital activism and society
0
Type: Book
This title centres around digital gender activism focusing on the implications that the phenomenon of online gender activism has for politics, society, culture and gender relations/dynamics. On December 16th, 2012, Jyoti Singh, a female physiotherapy student from New Delhi was r…
Nirbhaya, new media and digital gender activism
by Dey, Aja
fromDigital activism and society
0
Type: Book
Using the 2012 Delhi Nirbhaya rape case as a case study and keeping gender discourses at its core, this book explores the use of digital media for gender activism in India demonstrating how it has formed an alternate platform for dissent.
