Digital Rebellion
the birth of the cyber left
$69.54
- Paperback
248 pages
- Release Date
14 November 2014
Summary
Digital Rebellion examines the impact of new media and communication technologies on the spatial, strategic, and organizational fabric of social movements.
Todd Wolfson reveals how aspects of the mid-1990s Zapatistas movement–network organizational structure, participatory democratic governance, and the use of communication tools as a binding agent–became essential parts of Indymedia and other Cyber Left organizations. From there he uses oral interviews and other rich ethnographic data to …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780252080388 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0252080386 |
| Series: | The History of Media and Communication |
| Author: | Todd Wolfson |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press |
| Imprint: | University of Illinois Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 248 |
| Release Date: | 14 November 2014 |
| Weight: | 399g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 18mm |
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Critics Review
“Makes an original contribution through the depth of the empirical case studies of Cyber Left organization… I cannot think of another book that puts so much of the story of the U.S. left’s experiments with the creation of an ‘electronic fabric of struggle’ within a single volume… The author’s knowledge, thoughtfulness, and political passion is evident.” –Nick Dyer-Witheford, author of Games of Empire: Global Capitalism and Video Games
About The Author
Todd Wolfson
A trained socio-cultural anthropologist, Todd Wolfson is currently an assistant professor of journalism and media studies at Rutgers University. He is also a community organizer and in 2006 cofounded the Media Mobilizing Project in Philadelphia.
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