Cyberprotest: Environmental activism online

by Jenny Pickerill

Overview

Uses case studies and voices of activists themselves to examine the role of the internet at all levels of environmental activism. Contemporary analysis of forms and processes of radical environmental activism. Contemporary analysis of forms and processes of radical environmental activism. Documents the negotiations and achievements of environmentalists both in dealing with the tensions of using environmentally damaging technology and in avoiding surveillance and counter-strategies. Will be of interest to students and academics of politics, sociology, environmental studies and anyone who has ever wondered if signing an email petition will make a difference.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781847793836
Publisher:	Manchester University Press
Publication date:	07/19/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	884 KB

About the Author

Jenny Pickerill is a Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Leicester
Jenny Pickerill is Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Leicester

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Politics, social movements and technology
2. Negotiating the tensions of techno-environmentalism
3. Inclusivity and changing organisational forms
4. Mobilisation, solidarity and network cohesion
5. Electronic tactics and digital alternative media
6. On-line surveillance and counterstrategies
7. Cyberprotest: A new politics of protest?