New Media : Challenging the Establishment

Individual citizens can effect social change through mediated action. There has been a paradigmatic shift in how social networks coalesce online for collective action. The Internet, and especially the creation of open and accessible social media networks, has facilitated and significantly accelerate...

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Main Author: Sigal, Ivan
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6117
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spelling okr-10986-61172021-04-23T14:02:25Z New Media : Challenging the Establishment Sigal, Ivan anticorruption anticorruption campaigns codes communities corruption federal government fraud images Information Infrastructure information technologies information technology Innovations MEDIA messaging networks police police corruption police officers theft website Individual citizens can effect social change through mediated action. There has been a paradigmatic shift in how social networks coalesce online for collective action. The Internet, and especially the creation of open and accessible social media networks, has facilitated and significantly accelerated the generation and mass awareness of social categories, such as people with grievances about government corruption. It has also provided the means to create and share an abundance of content—images, videos, and stories— that feed the narratives around which networks for action coalesce. 2012-05-16T16:22:57Z 2012-05-16T16:22:57Z 2011-09 Journal Article Development Outreach http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6117 Development Outreach CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Journal Article Europe and Central Asia South Asia Latin America & Caribbean Egypt Russian Federation Philippines Brazil Timor-Leste
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topic anticorruption
anticorruption campaigns
codes
communities
corruption
federal government
fraud
images
Information Infrastructure
information technologies
information technology
Innovations
MEDIA
messaging
networks
police
police corruption
police officers
theft
website
spellingShingle anticorruption
anticorruption campaigns
codes
communities
corruption
federal government
fraud
images
Information Infrastructure
information technologies
information technology
Innovations
MEDIA
messaging
networks
police
police corruption
police officers
theft
website
Sigal, Ivan
New Media : Challenging the Establishment
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
South Asia
Latin America & Caribbean
Egypt
Russian Federation
Philippines
Brazil
Timor-Leste
relation Development Outreach
description Individual citizens can effect social change through mediated action. There has been a paradigmatic shift in how social networks coalesce online for collective action. The Internet, and especially the creation of open and accessible social media networks, has facilitated and significantly accelerated the generation and mass awareness of social categories, such as people with grievances about government corruption. It has also provided the means to create and share an abundance of content—images, videos, and stories— that feed the narratives around which networks for action coalesce.
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author Sigal, Ivan
author_facet Sigal, Ivan
author_sort Sigal, Ivan
title New Media : Challenging the Establishment
title_short New Media : Challenging the Establishment
title_full New Media : Challenging the Establishment
title_fullStr New Media : Challenging the Establishment
title_full_unstemmed New Media : Challenging the Establishment
title_sort new media : challenging the establishment
publishDate 2012
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6117
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