Media and Protest Logics in the Digital Era: The Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong

by Francis L.F. Lee

Book Overview

Digital and social media are increasingly integrated into the dynamics of protest movements around the world. They strengthen the mobilization power of movements, extend movement networks, facilitate new modes of protest participation, and give rise to new protest formations. Meanwhile, conventional media remains an important arena where protesters and their targets contest for public support. This book examines the role of the media -- understood...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190856785
• ISBN13: 9780190856786
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"