[Announce] New Book on Cyberactivism

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From:           	"Prof. Martha McCaughey" <marth at vt.edu>

Cyberactivism:
Online Activism in Theory and Practice

Edited by Martha McCaughey and Michael D. Ayers

Cyberactivism is a timely collection of essays examining the growing 
importance of online activism. The contributors show how online 
activists have not only incorporated recent technology as a tool for 
change, but also how they have changed the meaning of activism, what 
community means, and how they conceive of collective identity and 
democratic change. Topics addressed range from the Zapatista 
movement's use of the web to promote their cause globally to the 
establishment of alternative media sources like indymedia.org to the 
direct action of "hacktivists" who disrupt commercial computer 
networks.
Cyberactivism is essential reading for anyone interested in 
understanding the impact of the Internet on politics today.

6 x 9 : 336 pp

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Table of Contents

Introduction Martha McCaughey and Michael D. Ayers
I. Cyber-Social Movements Emerging Online
1. Internet Protests, from Text to Web Laura J. Gurak and John Logie
2. Indymedia.org: A New Communication Commons Dorothy Kidd
3. Classifying Forms of Online Activism: The Case of Cyberprotests 
Against the World Bank Sandor Vegh
4. The Radicalization of Zeke Speir: How the Internet Contributes to 
Civic Engagement and New Forms of Social Capital  Larry Elin

II. Theorizing Online Activism
5. Democracy, New Social Movements, and the Internet: A Habermasian 
Analysis Lee Salter
6. Comparing Collective Identity in Onlien and Offline Feminist 
Acivists Michael D. Ayers
7. Mapping Networks of Support for Zapatista Movement: Applying 
Social Networks Analysis to Study Cotemporary Social
Movements Maria Garrido and Alexander Halavais
8. Identifying with Information: Citizen Empowerment, the Internet, 
and the Environmental Anti-Toxins Movement
Wyatt Galusky

III. Cautionary Readings of Community, Empowerment, and Capitalism Online
9. Wiring Human-Rights Activism: Amnesty International and the 
Challenges of Information and Communication
Technologies Joanne Lebert
10. Ethic Online Communities: Between Profit and Purpose Steven McLaine
11. Gay Media, Inc.: Media Structures, The New Gay conglomerates, and 
Collective Sexual Identities
Joshua Gamson
Epilogue: Current Directions and Future Questions David Silver



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