In these new forms of dissidence that increasingly define prodemocracy, ecological movements, and
cyberactivism, political subjectivity depends on the global linking of autonomous cells and regional networks in transversal and rhizomic structures that favor horizontal, non-hierarchical and transspecies connections (Peters, 2013).
The proliferation of online tools and
cyberactivism during the Arab
We begin by briefly reviewing relevant literature pertaining to New Social Movements and
cyberactivism, more specifically consumer online interactions, and rhetorical strategies.
The point here is that the ICTs and associated citizen journalism and
cyberactivism have indeed fostered a greater degree of civic engagement in China.
Khamis, Sahar y Katherine Vaughn, "
Cyberactivism in the Egyptian Revolution: How Civic Engagement and Citizen Journalism Tilted the Balance" en Arab Media and Society, num.
Passage to
cyberactivism: How dynamics of activism change.
Sahar Khamis and Katherine Vaughn, "
Cyberactivism in the Egyptian Revolution: How Civic Engagement and Citizen Journalism Tilted the Balance" [*]
In particular,
cyberactivism's part in the Arab Spring highlights the role of bonding and bridging that the Internet plays.
Hackers' threat came one day after Turkish police detained 32 members of the Anonymous
cyberactivism collective on suspicion of planning attacks on a number of websites.
Beginning with an overview of social movement theories and a proposed synthesis, she goes on to discuss the anti-Nike campaign as an example of students against sweatshops and for corporate social responsibility; contention politics,
cyberactivism, and electoral reform in the reemergence of the peace movement after 9-11; MoveOn.org and the digital revolution; and whether digital technologies represented grassroots empowerment or elite control of youth activism during the 2008 US presidential election.
cyberactivism. Though whether emerging online communities will evolve
Ayers (eds.),
Cyberactivism: Online Activism in Theory and Practice (New York-London: Routledge, 2003), pp.
of Support for the Zapatista Movement, in
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