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Wired and mobilizing [electronic resource] : social movements, new technology, and electoral politics / Victoria Carty.

By: Carty, Victoria.
Series: Routledge studies in science, technology and society: 13.Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2011Description: 1 online resource (vii, 111 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9780203842768 (ebk : PDF).Subject(s): Social movements -- Technological innovations | Internet in political campaigns | Internet -- Social aspects | Online social networks -- Political aspects | Social media -- Political aspectsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: No title; No titleDDC classification: 322.440973 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; Also available in print edition.
Contents:
Overview of social movement theories and a proposed synthesis -- Students against sweatshops and corporate social responsibility: the anti-Nike campaign -- Contentious politics, cyberactivism, and electoral reform: the reemergence of the peace movement post 9-11 -- Moveon.org and the digital revolution -- The 2008 presidential election and youth activism: digital technologies as grassroots empowerment or elite control?
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Overview of social movement theories and a proposed synthesis -- Students against sweatshops and corporate social responsibility: the anti-Nike campaign -- Contentious politics, cyberactivism, and electoral reform: the reemergence of the peace movement post 9-11 -- Moveon.org and the digital revolution -- The 2008 presidential election and youth activism: digital technologies as grassroots empowerment or elite control?

Also available in print edition.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.