From Sit-Ins to #revolutions : Media and the Changing Nature of Protests

From Sit-Ins to #revolutions examines the evolution and growth of digital activism, while at once outlining how scholars theorize and conceptualize the field through new methodologies.As it closely examines the role that social and digital media play in enabling protests, this volume probes the interplay between historical and contemporary protests, emancipation and empowerment, and online and offline protest activities. Drawn from academic and activist communities, the contributors look beyond often-studied mass action events in the USA, UK, and Australia to also incorporate perspectives from overlooked regions such as Aboriginal Australia, Thailand, Mexico, Bahrain, Iran, India, Jamaica and Black America. From illustrating the allure of political action to a closer look at how digital activists use new technologies to push toward reform, From Sit-Ins to #revolutions promises to shed new light on key questions within activism, from campaign organization and leadership to messaging and direct action. Cover Contents Figures 1 Introduction: ‘Together We Are More’: New Media for Old Tales Victoria Grieve-Williams and Olivia Guntarik PART I History in Perspective 2 ‘We Have Survived the White Man’s World’: A Critical Review of Aboriginal Australian Activism in Media and Social MediaVictoria Grieve-Williams 3 A Historically Shifting Sphere: The Internet as a Basis of a Public Sphere for Social Activism in the United States Wesley R. Bishop 4 From the ‘Radical Women’s Press’ to the Digital Age: Subversive Networks of Feminism in the United States Ana Stevenson 5 Evolution of Hacktivism: From Origins to Now Marco Romagna 6 La Liga Femenil Mexicanista: The Protofeminism and Radical Organizing of Journalist Jovita Idár Annette M. Rodríguez PART II The Art of Activism 7 ‘Reggae Became the Main Transporter of Our Struggle ... and Our Love’: Willie Brim – Cultural Custodian, Bush Doctor and Songman of the Buluwai People of North Queensland Victoria Grieve-Williams 8 Cockpit Country Dreams: Film, Media and Protest in the Long Journey to Save Jamaica’s Cockpit Country Esther Figueroa 9 The Hacktivist Cultural Archive: From Science Fiction to Snowden, Worms to the Women’s March Nicholas M. Kelly 10 On Solitude and Solidarity Olivia Guntarik and Verity Trott PART III Ecologies of Place 11 Facebook, WhatsApp and Selective Outrage: The Impact of Digital Activism on the Intersectional Identities of Anti-rape Feminist Activists in India Pallavi Guha 12 #SocialMediaAffordances: A Consideration of the Impact of Facebook and Twitter on the Green Movement Mina Momeni 13 Examining the Alt-right: A Media Analysis of Hate Speech through Bendigo’s Anti-Muslim Protests Grace Taylor 14 Connective Crowds: The Organizational Structure of a Feminist Crowd in the #TakeDownJulienBlanc Campaign Verity Trott PART IV Memory and Materiality 15 Grassroots Feminist Music Activism: Finding a Place in the Archives Catherine Strong 16 Postal Mail, Digital Platforms and Exhibitions: Mobilizing Publics to End the Carceral State Jose Luis Benavides, Erica R. Meiners, Sarah Padilla, Therese Quinn and Matthew Yasuoka 17 Victims Go Viral: Digitally Dismantling Racist Lynching in the United States Karoline Summerville 18 Responsibility without Sovereignty: Inaugurating a Maternal Contract to Find the Mexican ‘Disappeared’ through Protest and Social Media Elva F. Orozco Mendoza 19 On the Concept of Progress Olivia Guntarik Notes on Contributors Index From Sit-Ins to #revolutions examines the evolution and growth of digital activism, while at once outlining how scholars theorize and conceptualize the field through new methodologies. As it closely examines the role that social and digital media play in enabling protests, this volume probes the interplay between historical and contemporary protests, emancipation and empowerment, and online and offline protest activities. Drawn from academic and activist communities, the contributors look beyond often-studied mass action events in the USA, UK, and Australia to also incorporate perspectives from overlooked regions such as Aboriginal Australia, Thailand, Mexico, Bahrain, Iran, India, Jamaica and Black America. From illustrating the allure of political action to a closer look at how digital activists use new technologies to push toward reform, From Sit-Ins to #revolutions promises to shed new light on key questions within activism, from campaign organization and leadership to messaging and direct action "This timely collection of essays examines the growth of digital activism, including how international activists have employed technological innovations to tackle global problems"-- Provided by publisher