Expect us : online communities and political mobilization / Jessica L. Beyer.

By:

Beyer, Jessica Lucia

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TextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2014.Description: 197 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780199330768

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DDC classification:

302.23

Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	Marbella International University Centre Library	302.23 BEY exp (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	10619

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.

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