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01 février 2017

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9780823274161

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English

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1 Mo

Academic study of social activism and social movements has become increasingly prevalent over the years; this is due in large part to the fact that activists have captured public imagination and gained substantial influence in political discourse. For instance, Occupy Wall Street activists, Tea Party activists, and activists affiliated with the Arab Spring have transformed political debates and have become the focus of mainstream news media coverage about a variety of different political topics.Journey into Social Activism explicates the philosophical foundations of the study of activism and illustrates four different research sites in which activism can be observed and studied: organizations, networks, events, and alternative media. The book will introduce students and scholars to important qualitative approaches to the study of social activism within these four research sites, which is based entirely on successful research projects that have been conducted and published in recent years. Ultimately, this book will prove integral to any students and scholars who wish to use qualitative methods for their research endeavors concerning socialactivism in contemporary society.

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Publié par

Fordham University Press

Date de parution

01 février 2017

Nombre de lectures

EAN13

9780823274161

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

1 Mo

Communication studies Sociologie, société et politique

Journey into Social Activism

DONALD MCGANNON COMMUNICATION RESEARCH CENTER’S EVERETT C. PARKER BOOK SERIES

SERIES EDITOR: JACQUELINE REICH

his series seeks to publis researc tat can inform te work of policy makers, policy advocates, scolars, and students as tey grapple wit a rapidly canging communications environment and te variety of policy issues arising witin it. he series employs a broadly deﬁned notion of communications policy, in tat it considers not only scolarsip addressing speciﬁc policy issues and processes but also more broadly focused communications scolarsip tat as direct implications for policy making.

EDITORIAL BOARD:

Patricia Aufdereide, American University Ellen Goodman, Rutgers University Scool of Law, Camden Allen Hammond, Santa Clara University Scool of Law Robert B. Horwitz, University of California at San Diego Robert W. McCesney, University of Illinois Jorge Scement, Rutgers University, New Brunswick

Joshua D. Atkinson

Journey into Social Activism

Q U A L I TAT I V E A P P RO A C H E S

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C O N T E N T S

Preface

PARTI  . he Study of Social Activism . Researc Metodologies . Qualitative Metods

PARTII  . Activist Organizations . Activist Networks . Activist Events . Alternative Media

Concluding Remarks References Index

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P R E FA C E

he study of activism in many ways ﬁts into te long view of umanity pre-sented by “big istory” scolars suc as David Cristian () and Cyntia Brown (). Bot ave presented a vision of istory tat is marked by transitions across levels of complexity; tis includes te big istory of te entire universe, as well as te istory of umanity. For instance, in te begin-ning of te universe, tere were only scattered subatomic particles wit little in te way of complexity. hese particles eventually formed into simple ydrogen and elium atoms, and after tree undred million years te ﬁrst stars were ignited. In tis view, aspects of te universe were becoming increas-ingly complex. According to Cristian (, ), te same olds true for uman civilization:

Transitions to new levels of complexity often depend on positive feedback mecanisms—cycles in wic one cange encourages anoter, wic stimu-lates a tird, wic magniﬁes te ﬁrst, and so on around te circle. One of tese causal cains played a fundamental role in te transition to larger and more complex social structures. It links population growt, collective learn-ing, and tecnological innovation. Increasing te size and density of uman communities stimulated te processes of collective learning by increasing te size and variety of te networks witin wic information and goods could be excanged. he intellectual synergies possible witin tese larger networks encouraged te development of new and more intensive tecnolo-gies, wic made it possible to support even larger uman communities.

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