TellPearson
The Activist 'Public Education' Network
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2928718 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anne Hogan (0000-0003-1934-2548, The University of Queensland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 377-392 |
| Publication date | 2018-05-04 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Discourse Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0159-6306 • E-ISSN: 1469-3739 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01596306.2016.1269225 |
| OpenAlex | W2561241769 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 31 |
This paper investigates the contemporary nature of education activism in the context of the Global Education Industry (GEI). Theorising around contentious politics, the activist teaching profession, and notions of ‘connective’ action, suggests that educational activists are now using social media to oppose the increasing commercialisation of education. This paper focuses on the ‘#tellPearson’ campaign to explore how Twitter was leveraged as a social space to promote a campaign against the activities of Pearson plc. Analysis of this Twitter network shows how new social structures are being used to frame issues, mobilise resources and promote stakeholder action. While it is difficult to offer definitive conclusions about the success of this campaign, it is possible to reflect on the strategies now being used to hold those in positions of power and influence in the GEI to account
Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social media · Sociology · Stakeholder · Computer Science · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Law · Social Media and Politics
Mapping Corporate Education Reform
Hidden Markets
Digital Methods
World Yearbook of Education 2016
Global Education Inc.
The Logic of Connective Action
Networks, new governance and education
Power Plays
Little Boxes, Glocalization, and Networked Individualism
Handbook of theory and research for the sociology of education
Communicating Global Activism
Power in Movement
Twitter power
A methodology for mapping Instagram hashtags
Researching News Discussion on Twitter
Information, Community, and Action
Network ethnography and the cyberflâneur
Commercialising comparison
Digital education governance
An invitation to reflexive sociology
Networks of Outrage and Hope
Looking East
The Logic of Connective Action
Predicting Opinion Leaders in Twitter Activism Networks
An Invitation of Reflexive Sociology
Can critical education interrupt the right
TellPearson
Social Space and Symbolic Power
Bourdieu and organizational analysis
| Citations per year | 0.67 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |