Understanding Occupy from Wall Street to Portland

Applied Studies in Communication Theory

Renee Guarriello Heath, Courtney Vail Fletcher, Ricardo Munoz (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

264 Seiten

2015
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-2066-9 (ISBN)

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Given the centrality of economics and communication in the Occupy movement, Understanding Occupy from Wall Street to Portland uses economic insights and contemporary theories of communication to better understand the movement at this current juncture in history. This collection is organized by complementary theoretical and methodological perspectives: the global—critical cultural and economic understandings of Occupy; the local—interpretive ethnographic examinations of a local site—Occupy Portland, Oregon; and mediated perspectives—analyses of the words of officials and media. The contributors also examine social movement phenomena by stepping outside of social movement theory to analyze the macro- and microprocesses of the Occupy movement, demonstrating the saliency of communication theory. Throughout the volume are in-depth case studies that examine universal narratives about Occupy. One of the challenges of studying Occupy is that members of this movement are committed to not allowing any one person (or entity) to define it. One way the editors acknowledge this and attempt to honor the individualism and postmodern fragmentation of this movement is to consider their findings in light of the three interpretive lenses of the romantic, functional, and critical. This informative and comprehensive text provides a critical lens on the constantly evolving Occupy movement.

Renee Guarriello Heath is an associate professor of communication studies at the University of Portland and a scholar of community collaboration and democratic communication practices. C. Vail Fletcher is an assistant professor of communication studies at the University of Portland. She is a scholar that focuses on conflict and identity, international development and culture, and social media. Ricardo Munoz is a PhD student in communication at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He is a scholar of organizational communication with an emphasis on informal and non-hierarchical organizing.

Foreword
David Osborn
Introduction: Engaging Occupy: An Introduction to Romantic, Practical, and Critical Perspectives
Renee Guarriello Heath and C. Vail Fletcher
Part 1: Situating Occupy Globally: the Cultural and Economic Context
Chapter 1: A Genealogy of Occupy within Transnational Contexts, and Communication Research
Priya Kapoor
Chapter 2: We are the 99 percent: Occupy and the Economics of Discontent
William Barnes
Chapter 3: Neofuedalism and the Financial Crisis: Implications for Occupy Wall Street
Majia Holmer Nadesan
Part 2: Local Interpretations of Occupy Portland
Chapter 4: Confessional Tales from the Field: Owning Researcher Methods and Positionality
Renee Guarriello Heath, Ricardo V. Munoz, and C. Vail Fletcher
Chapter 5: Finding the Space Between: Participative Democracy, Consensus Decision-Making and a Leaderful/less Movement
Renee Guarriello Heath
Chapter 6: Globalization from Below: Discourses of Horizontalism, Direct Action, and Violence
Ricardo V. Munoz
Chapter 7: (De) Colonization and Collective Identity: Intersections and Negotiations of Gender, Race, and Class in Occupy
C. Vail Fletcher
Part 3: Re(presentations) and Revelations: Occupy Mediated
Chapter 8: Violence, Bias, or Fair Journalism? Understanding Portland Media Coverage of an Episodic Protest
Jennette Lovejoy and Keeler Brynteson
Chapter 9: An “Official” Account: Delivering Occupy Portland’s Eviction Notice
erin daina mcclellan
Chapter 10: Interconnected Discontent: Social Media and Social Capital in the Occupy Movement
Doug Tewksbury

Co-Autor	William Barnes
Vorwort	David Osborn
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 229 mm
Gewicht	408 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-4985-2066-9 / 1498520669
ISBN-13	978-1-4985-2066-9 / 9781498520669
Zustand	Neuware