
Cyberprotest
Environmental Activism Online
Jenny Pickerill(Author)
Manchester University Press
Published on 13. November 2003
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-7190-6394-7 (ISBN)
Description
Uses case studies and voices of activists themselves to examine the role of the internet at all levels of environmental activism. Contemporary analysis of forms and processes of radical environmental activism. Contemporary analysis of forms and processes of radical environmental activism. Documents the negotiations and achievements of environmentalists both in dealing with the tensions of using environmentally damaging technology and in avoiding surveillance and counter-strategies. Will be of interest to students and academics of politics, sociology, environmental studies and anyone who has ever wondered if signing an email petition will make a difference. -- .
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7190-6394-7 (9780719063947)
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Person
Jenny Pickerill is a Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Leicester -- .
Content
Introduction
1. Politics, social movements and technology
2. Negotiating the tensions of techno-environmentalism
3. Inclusivity and changing organisational forms
4. Mobilisation, solidarity and network cohesion
5. Electronic tactics and digital alternative media
6. On-line surveillance and counterstrategies
7. Cyberprotest: A new politics of protest? -- .
1. Politics, social movements and technology
2. Negotiating the tensions of techno-environmentalism
3. Inclusivity and changing organisational forms
4. Mobilisation, solidarity and network cohesion
5. Electronic tactics and digital alternative media
6. On-line surveillance and counterstrategies
7. Cyberprotest: A new politics of protest? -- .