Expect us :
Beyer, Jessica Lucia
Expect us : online communities and political mobilization / Jessica L. Beyer. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2014. - 197 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Online communities and political mobilization --
2. Anonymous: carnival to mobilization --
3. The Pirate Bay: contribution to mobilization --
4. World of Warcraft: cooperation without mobilization --
5. IGN.com: conversation without mobilization --
6. Expect them.
Looks at political consciousness and action in four communities, each born out of chaotic online social spaces that millions of individuals enter, spend time in, and exit moment by moment: Anonymous (4chan), IGN, World of Warcraft, and The Pirate Bay. None of these sites began as places for political organization per se, but visitors to each have used them as places for political engagement to one degree or another.
9780199330768
Online social networks--Political aspects
Social media--Political aspects
Political participation--Technological innovations
Communication in politics--Technological innovations
Young adults--Political activity
Youth--Political activity
302.23
Expect us : online communities and political mobilization / Jessica L. Beyer. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2014. - 197 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Online communities and political mobilization --
2. Anonymous: carnival to mobilization --
3. The Pirate Bay: contribution to mobilization --
4. World of Warcraft: cooperation without mobilization --
5. IGN.com: conversation without mobilization --
6. Expect them.
Looks at political consciousness and action in four communities, each born out of chaotic online social spaces that millions of individuals enter, spend time in, and exit moment by moment: Anonymous (4chan), IGN, World of Warcraft, and The Pirate Bay. None of these sites began as places for political organization per se, but visitors to each have used them as places for political engagement to one degree or another.
9780199330768
Online social networks--Political aspects
Social media--Political aspects
Political participation--Technological innovations
Communication in politics--Technological innovations
Young adults--Political activity
Youth--Political activity
302.23