This volume of Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change
explores the relationships between mass media, social movements, and
political change. Media plays an important role in social and
political change and this volume advances scholarly understanding of
how activists and elites alike use books, newspapers, and
Internet-enabled technologies to affect change. Chapters include
analyses of the role of media in the (Anti-)Abortion, Globalization,
Labor, Townsend, and White Power movements as well as Barack Obama's
2008 campaign. Section one is focused on the role of books in
movements and on explaining differences in movement media coverage
across diverse print outlets. The second and third sections engage
contemporary debates involving print media by outlining how scholars
might explain and/or expand the overall quality of media coverage that
movements receive. Also exploring social movements' use of
Internet-enabled technologies, and how the Internet expands the
horizons of activism by facilitating activism outside of organizations
and creating culture milieus that support movement participation. The
final chapter then explores influences on the growth of the ex-gay
movement across US states. Altogether, this volume suggests new
avenues for research, provides new insights into the strategic use and
influence of media, and challenges existing assumptions of
media-movement relationships.
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ISBN
9781780528816
Publisert
2017
Utgiver
Emerald Publishing Ltd.
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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