Making Sense of Life, Global Activism in the Cyberspace
ESU, AIDE
2017-01-01
Abstract
Several recent works have examined the relationship between social media and social movements in the latest cycle of protest. This paper examines how media activism provides a cross-fertilising communication process by shaping a cosmopolitan imagination. The cases of Adbuster and Avaaz are analysed, as two examples of media activism, equally engaged in changing the state of the world. In this paper; similarities and the differences are highlighted in order to understand how a cosmopolitan imagination, as a new challenge to the global information society, is constructed. The article explores how action shapes an online community, bypassing state borders and takes a form that shares visions, actions and strategies and develops a new common language, representing a balance between two sets of tensions: the politics of universalism versus the acknowledgement of difference and the responsibility for action.File | Size | Format | |
---|---|---|---|
SA3-19608382.pdf Solo gestori archivio
Description: Art5icolo principale
Type: versione editoriale
Size 269.29 kB
Format Adobe PDF
|
269.29 kB | Adobe PDF | & nbsp; View / Open Request a copy |
Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.