Online and offline social movements: an interdisciplinary critical insight
Journal
Journal of Critical Studies in Business and Society
Date Issued
2011
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Abstract
Based on the premise that societies are in constant transformation, social change is
effectuated through social protest. Moreover, new emerging social phenomena and
social formations appear that require new kinds of theorization (Langman, 2005). At the
same time, Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) are becoming more
widespread and sophisticated in areas where transnational let alone global problems
are tackled. That said the relation between ICTs and social and political phenomena
becomes progressively more interconnected leading to the emergence of new
interdisciplinary research field including the study of ICTs and social movements
(SMOs). Connecting ICTs and technology with social movements also has a historical
connotation since the internet has been an outcome of the politics and dynamics of the
cold war on the one hand and the anti-war movement and counter culture on the other
(Rosenweig, 1998).
effectuated through social protest. Moreover, new emerging social phenomena and
social formations appear that require new kinds of theorization (Langman, 2005). At the
same time, Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) are becoming more
widespread and sophisticated in areas where transnational let alone global problems
are tackled. That said the relation between ICTs and social and political phenomena
becomes progressively more interconnected leading to the emergence of new
interdisciplinary research field including the study of ICTs and social movements
(SMOs). Connecting ICTs and technology with social movements also has a historical
connotation since the internet has been an outcome of the politics and dynamics of the
cold war on the one hand and the anti-war movement and counter culture on the other
(Rosenweig, 1998).
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