Understanding Occupy from Wall Street to Portland : applied studies in communication theory /

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The book provides a comprehensive analysis of the Occupy movement using various communication theory perspectives. It considers global and local contexts of the movement from its cultural and economic roots to the views of participants, city officials, newspapers and social media. It grapples with h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Heath, Renee Guarriello, 1967-, Fletcher, Courtney Vail, 1979-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2013]
Temas:
Occupy movement > United States.
Protest movements > United States.
Communication in social action > United States.
Protest movements in mass media.
Information theory.
Mouvement des indignés > États-Unis.
Contestation > États-Unis.
Communication dans l'action sociale > États-Unis.
Contestation dans les médias.
Théorie de l'information.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Communication in social action
Information theory
Occupy movement
Protest movements
Protest movements in mass media
Occupy-Bewegung
United States
USA
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Engaging Occupy: an introduction to romantic, functional, and critical perspectives / Renee Guarriello Heath and C. Vail Fletcher
  • I. Situating Occupy globally: the cultural and economic context : A genealogy of Occupy within transnational contexts, and communication research / Priya Kapoor
  • "We are the 99 percent": Occupy and the economics of discontent / William Barnes
  • Neofeudalism and the financial crisis: implications for Occupy Wall Street / Majia Holmer Nadesan
  • II. Local interpretations of Occupy Portland : Confessional tales from the field: owning researcher methods and positionality / Renee Guarriello Heath, Ricardo Munoz, and C. Vail Fletcher
  • Finding the space between: participative democracy, consensus decision-making, and a leaderful/less movement / Renee Guarriello Heath
  • Globalization from below: discourses of horizontalism, direct action, and violence / Ricardo V. Munoz
  • (De) colonization and collective identity: intersections and negotiations of gender, race, and class in Occupy / C. Vail Fletcher
  • III. Re(presentations) and revelations: Occupy mediated : Violence, bias, or fair journalism?: Understanding Portland media coverage of an episodic protest / Jennette Lovejoy and Keeler Brynteson
  • An "official" account: delivering Occupy Portland's eviction notice / erin daina mcclellan
  • Interconnected discontent: social media and social capital in the Occupy movement / Dong Tewksbury.

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