Elizabeth Brunner

Environmental Activism, Social Media, and Protest in China

Becoming Activists over Wild Public Networks

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This bookis an in-depth study on the use of social media in environmental activism in China. The author weaves together post-structuralist theory, media theory, social movement theory, and environmental communication studies to analyze concepts such as wild public networks and force majeure in the context of contemporary social movements.

Produktdetails

• Environmental Communication and Nature: Conflict and Ecoculture in the Anthropocene
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 450g
• ISBN-13: 9781793606129
• ISBN-10: 1793606129
• Artikelnr.: 56152627

Autorenporträt

By Elizabeth Brunner

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Entangled Environments of Degradation and Activism
Chapter 1: The Environmental Impacts of China's "Opening": A Rising Culture
of Protest Chapter 2: Social Movements over Wild Public Networks Chapter 3:
Social Movements as Force Majeure: Xiamen's 2007 PX Protest Chapter 4: The
Disappointment in Dalian Chapter 5: Maoming: Networks of Corruption and
Activism Conclusion: Force Majeure: Understanding Social Media, Social
Movements, and Rhetoric as Force