New Media and Internet Activism: From the ‘Battle of Seattle’ to Blogging

By Richard Kahn, Douglas Kellner. New Media & Society, 2004

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Subfields: Communication, Political Science and International Relations

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Race and racism in Internet Studies: A review and critique (2013, background): “…movements are organized collective action toward a specific social goal and, within Internet studies, there is a growing literature that looks at social movements online (Kahn and Kellner, 2004; Langman, 2005) and the relationship between online and offline activism (Brunsting and Postmes, 2002).”
Expressive Versus Consumptive Blog Use: Implications for Interpersonal Discussion and Political Participation (2013, background): “Indeed, by virtue of their outward focus, people who express themselves online are likely to be the “gregarious” opinion leaders within their social networks, and opinion leadership has been linked to the formation of larger and more heterogeneous social networks (e.g., Katz & Lazarsfeld, 1955).”
Digital Network Repertoires and Organizational Hybridity (2007, background): “…coalition (Win Without War), disseminating anti-war information, organizing over 3,000 simultaneous candlelight vigils in 122 countries, and publicizing real-world demonstrations such as the huge protest marches in hundreds of cities on February 15, 2003 (Hickey, 2004; Kahn & Kellner, 2004, p. 88).”
Social media and social movements: Facebook and an online Guatemalan justice movement that moved offline (2012, background): “…theory and research questions Broadly defined, ‘activism’ is the actions of a group of like-minded individuals coming together to change the status quo, advocating for a cause, whether local or global, and whether progressive or not (Cammaerts, 2007; Kahn and Kellner, 2004; Lomicky and Hogg, 2010).”
Polarization of the Vaccination Debate on Facebook (2018, background): “Social media platforms like Facebook or Twitter have created a direct path for users to produce and consume content, reshaping the way people get informed [8-13].”
Alternative and Activist New Media (2011, neutral): ““The global internet . . . is creating the base and the basis for an unparalleled worldwide anti- war/pro- peace and social justice movement during a time of terrorism, war, and intense political struggle” (Kahn & Kellner, 2004, p. 88).”
A Concept Analysis of Digital Citizenship for Democratic Citizenship Education in the Internet Age (2016, background): “communities (e.g., Linux) in order to circumvent government and/or corporate control of the Internet experience (Glassman, 2013; Kahn & Kellner, 2004).”
Rethinking Cyberfeminism(s): Race, Gender, and Embodiment (2009, background): “…states, local opposition, mass media indifference, and major national economic actors, thus opening a whole new terrain for activism that addresses gender and racial inequality (Sassen 2002; Earl and Schussman 2003; Everett 2004; Kahn and Kellner 2004; Langman 2005; Sutton and Pollock 2000).”