Making Sense of Life, Global Activism in the Cyberspace
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13091023 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aide Esu (0000-0003-4228-5115, University of Cagliari, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 195-203 |
| Publication date | 2017-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology and Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2331-6187 • E-ISSN: 2331-6179 |
| Publisher | Horizon Research Publishing Co., Ltd. (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.13189/sa.2017.050303 |
| OpenAlex | W2593496971 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 34 |
Several recent works have examined the relationship between social media and social movements in the latest cycle of protest. The article examines how media activism provides a cross-fertilising communication process by shaping a cosmopolitan imagination. First the article proposes the cases of Adbuster and Avaaz, as two examples of media activism, equally engaged in changing the state of the world. The similarities and the differences between the two case studies are highlighted in order to understand how a cosmopolitan imagination, as a new challenge to the global information society, is constructed. Second, I will explore how action shapes an online community, bypassing state borders and takes on a form that shares visions, actions and strategies and develops a new common language, representing a balance between two sets of tensions: the politics of universalism versus the acknowledgement of difference and the responsibility for action
Cyberspace · Epistemology · Internet privacy · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sense (electronics · Social activism · Sociology · The Internet · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Engineering · Law · Philosophy · Social Media and Politics
The process of collective identity
The Internet in Everyday Life
The New Transnational Activism
Pranking rhetoric
The Logic of Connective Action
Networks of Outrage and Hope
In search of the ‘we’ of social media activism
Internet usage and cosmopolitanism in Europe
Social Movement Networks Virtual and Real
Networking Democracy
Social Media and the Decision to Participate in Political Protest
Reflections on #Occupy Everywhere
Culture and Citizenship
Social Movements and Networks
The Cosmopolitan Imagination
A World of Regions
The Case of the Brick Huggers
Culture and citizenship
Democratic media activism through the lens of social movement theory
Cosmopolitan Education and Cultural Citizenship
A world of regions
Networks of Outrage and Hope
Does Internet Use Affect Engagement? A Meta-Analysis of Research
Fun and Laughter
Virtual Togetherness
Belonging'in the Cosmopolitan Imaginary
Occupy Wall Street in perspective
The cosmopolitan imagination
Cultural Citizenship in the 'Cultural' Society
Flexible Citizenship
Constructing a Cosmopolitan Public Sphere
Internet in Everyday Life
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |