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Author:   Daniel Trottier ,  Christian Fuchs
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Volume:   16
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.498kg
ISBN:  

9780415749091

ISBN 10:   0415749093
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   23 July 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Section One: Introductions 1. Theorising Social Media, Politics and the State: An Introduction Daniel Trottier and Christian Fuchs 2. Social Networking Sites in Pro-democracy and Anti-austerity Protests: Some Thoughts from a Social Movement Perspective Donatella della Porta and Alice Mattoni Section Two: Global and Civil Counter-Power 3. Populism 2.0: Social Media Activism, the Generic Internet User and Plebiscitary Digital Democracy Paolo Gerbaudo 4. Anonymous: Hacktivism and Contemporary Politics Christian Fuchs Section Three: Civil Counter-Power Against Austerity 5. Web 2.0 Nazi Propaganda: Golden Dawn’s Affect, Spectacle and Identity Constructions in Social Media Panos Kompatsiaris and Yiannis Mylonas 6. More Than an Electronic Soapbox: Activist Web Presence as a Collective Action Frame, Newspaper Source and Police Surveillance Tool During the London G20 Protests in 2009 Jonathan Cable 7. Assemblages: Live Streaming Dissent in the 'Quebec Spring' Elise Danielle Thorburn Section Four: Contested and Toppled State Power 8. Creating Spaces for Dissent: The Role of Social Media in the 2011 Egyptian Revolution Sara Salem 9. Social Media Activism and State Censorship Thomas Poell Section Five: State Power as Policing and Intelligence 10. Vigilantism and Power Users: Police and User-Led Investigations on Social Media Daniel Trottier 11. Police 'Image Work' in an Era of Social Media: YouTube and the 2007 Montebello Summit Protest Christopher J. Schneider

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Combining theoretical and practical perspectives, this collective volume discusses the social aspect of social media, analyses the nature of social media activity in relation to modern society, and highlights key issues and concerns in contemporary forms of social media use (social movements, state power and corporate power, crime and policing, distinction between protests, revolutions and riots) from both a top-down and a bottom-up perspective, trying to critically discuss reality as such, beyond a number of optimistic and pessimistic stereotypes. Evika Karamagioli, International Journal of Electronic Governance, 2017, Vol. 9, No. 1/2

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Daniel Trottier is a postdoctoral fellow in social and digital media at the Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI) at the University of Westminster. Christian Fuchs is a professor of social media at the University of Westminster.

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