Social Media and Social Movements (eBook)

Barış Çoban is associate professor in the Communication Sciences Department at Doğuş University.

Chapter 1: Commune, the Web and the Anarchist Thought of Mikhail BakuninChiara Livia BernardiChapter 2: New Media and Empowerment in the Indignados’ Movement: “If you want that no one else decides for you, so that no one else speaks for you”Tommaso Gravante, Alice PomaChapter 3: Occupy-Nigeria Movement, Organised Labour Unions and Oil-Subsidy Struggle: An Analysis of Processes in -Media(ted) “Revolution” and its DemiseKudus Oluwatoyin AdebayoChapter 4: Internet in MoroccoAbderrahim ChalfaouatChapter 5: Occupy Movements, Alternative New Media and Utopia: The Gezi Resistance and Activist Citizen JournalismBarış Çoban Chapter 6: Social Media and Social Change: The 2011 Campaign for Stopping the Massacre of the Danube Delta Wild HorsesDana Florentina NicolaeChapter 7: Active or Passive Local Public Sphere – The Influence of ICT over Contemporary Local DemocracyIlona Biernacka-LigiezaChapter 8: Youth Vote and Web 2.0 Political Engagement: Can Facebook Increase the Propensity of Young Citizen to Vote?Alan SteinbergChapter 9: The Ostensible Revolution of BlogsSimona StanoChapter 10: The Transformation of Leisure in The Digital AgeAna Vinals BlancoChapter 11: Virtual Voyeurism and Capitalization of Individuality in FacebookShahriar Kabir Chapter 12: Are Google's Executives Liable for Uploaded Videos? Italian CaseAnna Rita PopoliChapter 13: Social Media in Education: Main Sources for Inclusion and Collaborative Learning Magda PischetolaChapter 14: Social Media: Transformation of EducationCarolina Duek and Gastón Tourn