Social Movements and Media

''The main audience for this volume is social movement scholars or those studying movements and civic engagement. However, readers from a wide swath of disciplinary leanings will find Social Movements and Media useful, as will practitioners and social movement leaders.'' Sponsored by the Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology section of the American Sociological Association, this volume contains eight essays on social movements and mass media. Sociology, media studies, education, and other scholars from the US address the influence of mass media on activist recruitment, including the power of story and the relevance of family, friends, and school for youth mobilization; discursive activism and the implications of online participation and identity, including the #YesAllWomen hashtag and its interaction with media and blogs, and the civic identities of youth online; and organizational dynamics in the digital age, with discussion of youth nonprofits, the relevance of leadership in the anti-genetically modified organisms movement, and the use of media tools and participant inclusion in youth-oriented organizations and factors influencing organizational beliefs about effectiveness. This volume focuses on media and social movements. Contributing authors draw on cases as diverse as the Harry Potter Alliance to youth oriented, non-profit educational organizations to systematically assess how media environments, systems, and usage affect collective action in the 21st Century.

• | Author: Deana A. Rohlinger, Jennifer S. Earl
• | Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• | Publication Date: Dec 11, 2017
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• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9781787430983
• | ISBN-10: 1787430987