Veronica Barassi

Activism on the Web (eBook, ePUB)

Everyday Struggles against Digital Capitalism

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book draws on comparative ethnographic research amongst three very different political groups, exploring how activists imagine, understand and experience web technologies as tools of political critique.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317974352
• Artikelnr.: 49355625

Autorenporträt

Veronica Barassi is Lecturer in the Media and Communications Department at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Activist Cultures, The Web, and Digital Capitalism 1.The
Ethnography of Digital Activism 2. Web 2.0 and the Agency of Technologies
3. Social Media Activism and the Critique of Mass Self-Communication 4. The
Everyday Critique of Digital Labor 5. Digital Activism and the Problem of
Internet Time 6. Activist Magazines in the Digital Age Conclusion: The
Future of the Web, Big Data and the Power of Critique Appendix: Activism on
the Web: A Note on Method