Leading Protests in the Digital Age

Youth Activism in Egypt and Syria

Billur Aslan Ozgul (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XIII, 244 Seiten

2019 | 1st ed. 2020
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-25449-0 (ISBN)

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This book explores in detail new protest organisation and mobilisation strategies of young activists in the digital age with the aim to identify the tactics that worked well against those creating high risks in the context of digitally supported protests. Focusing on Egyptian protests as well as peaceful protests in Syria, the book offers rich and unique data as it brings together the experiences and voices of the key figures involved in the protests, both on the ground and online. It challenges perspectives that defined the Arab uprisings as leaderless movements formed through the non-hierarchical communication of digital technologies. The author presents three kinds of leaders that shape the political communication environment in digitally supported protests and highlights the significance of their leadership skills to the movements' capacities.

Billur Aslan Ozgul is Lecturer in Political Communication at Brunel University London, UK. Her work on social movements, social media and the Middle East has been published in the International Journal of Communication, Participations: Journal of Audience & Reception Studies, and the Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication.

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Egypt and Syria: Similarities and differences between two countries.- Chapter 3. Three styles of leadership in the Egyptian protests.- Chapter 4. Resource mobilisation strategies retested.- Chapter 5. Breaking the silence: The efforts of Syrian activists to organise and mobilise digitally supported protests.- Chapter 6. How the peaceful protests turned into armed struggles in Syria.- Chapter 7. A Comparison of leaders' capabilities and their resources.- Chapter 8. Conclusions.

"Leading Protests in the Digital Age provides an efficient resource for readers, especially those interested in the Arab Spring uprisings. ... the study is a useful resource for readers from different disciplines such as journalism, sociology and political science, and academics working on the Syrian refugee issue." (Merve Sentöregil, Insight Turkey, Vol. 22 (1), 2020)

“Leading Protests in the Digital Age provides an efficient resource for readers, especially those interested in the Arab Spring uprisings. ... the study is a useful resource for readers from different disciplines such as journalism, sociology and political science, and academics working on the Syrian refugee issue.” (Merve Şentöregil, Insight Turkey, Vol. 22 (1), 2020)

Erscheinungsdatum	04.10.2019
Reihe/Serie	Palgrave Studies in Young People and Politics
Zusatzinfo	XIII, 244 p. 2 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	467 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
Schlagworte	Arab Uprisings • communication tactics • connective action • Deraa protests • digitally supported protests • Egyptian protests • ICT • Leadership • long-term adaptation • March 15 protests • occupy protests • political experience • Political participation • Populism • resource mobilisation theory • responsiveness to external conditions • Social Movements • Syrian protests • Syrian Revolution 2011 • Violence
ISBN-10	3-030-25449-6 / 3030254496
ISBN-13	978-3-030-25449-0 / 9783030254490
Zustand	Neuware