@ Is for Activism : Dissent, Resistance and Rebellion in a Digital Culture

How have politics and activism been transformed by digital media, including digital television, online social networking and mobile computing? Since the emergence of new technologies, new modes of cooperation, deliberation and representation have risen to the fore, @ is for Activism maps out how political relationships have been reconfigured and new have emerged through the use of new technologies. A host of critical thinkers populate the study, from Martin Heidegger and Herbert Marcuse criticism of technology's close relation to capitalism, to media networks' actualising the Habermasian ideal of collective communicative action, Hands delineates the potentials and the pitfalls of a technologised politics. From anti-war activism, to global justice movements, peer production and 'Twitter' activism, we see how politics is being shaped by the new technological environment. @ is For Activism examines the transformation of politics through digital media, including digital television, online social networking and mobile computing. Joss Hands maps out how political relationships have been reconfigured and new modes of cooperation, deliberation and representation have emerged. This analysis is applied to the organisation and practice of alternative politics, showing how they have developed and embraced the new political and technological environment. Hands offers a comprehensive critical survey of existing literature, as well as an original perspective on networks and political change. He includes many case studies including the anti-war and global justice movements, peer production, user created TV and 'Twitter' activism. @ is For Activism is essential for activists and students of politics and media. Intro -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Activism and Technology -- 2. The Digital Author as Producer -- 3. Protocol, Norm, Imperative: Networks as Moral Machines -- 4. Power-Law Democracy -- 5. Mobil(e)isation -- 6. @ is also for Alter-Globalisation -- 7. Constructing the Common: Cooperation and Multitude -- Notes -- References -- Index Joss Hands. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 195-201) And Index.