New Media and Public Activism: Neoliberalism, the State and Radical Protest in the Public Sphere

by John Michael Roberts

Book Overview

The Arab Spring was but the most prominent example of political activism that made extensive use of social media--everything from petitions to constituent communications have been affected by the rise of new communications technologies. But in New Media and Public Activism, John Michael Roberts poses a troubling question: Is this activism actually new and effective, or are we instead being transformed into subjects of online consumption and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1447308212
• ISBN13: 9781447308218
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"