Scholarship addressing the impact of digital technologies on social movements, political
unrest, states, and civil society has reached a turning point. Compared with the early days …

Digital technologies have entered civic engagement and political participation in ways that
scholars are only beginning to analyze. From the Zapatista Army of National Liberation …

This article investigates the relationship between the invention of new media technologies
and scholarship concerning protest and political engagement. Building on an innovative …

This chapter reviews research on Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) and
protest since the inception of this area. Despite early and enduring skepticism about the …

Research on the relationships between social movements and digital communication
technologies has grown exponentially in the last few years, following episodes of …

Employing recent research results covering the relationship between mass protests, social
mobilization, and civic engagement, and building my argument by drawing on data collected …

Social scientists who study the impact of the Internet, social media, and other forms of digital
information sharing paint an alarming picture of the health of American democracy. Our …

A comprehensive, trusted core text on media's impact on attitudes, behavior, elections,
politics, and policymaking, Mass Media and American Politics is known for its readable …

This volume puts together the works of a group of distinguished scholars and active
researchers in the field of media and communication studies to reflect upon the past …

The recent protests during the 'Arab Spring'and in the wave of 'Occupy'movements have
renewed interest in the use of the internet and especially social media by social movements …