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The Pamphlet Meets API: An Overview of Social Movements in the Age of Digital Media

The Pamphlet Meets API: An Overview of Social Movements in the Age of Digital Media
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Author(s): Emily Stacey (Rose State College, USA)
Copyright: 2015
Pages: 25
Source title: Promoting Social Change and Democracy through Information Technology
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Vikas Kumar (Asia-Pacific Institute of Management, India)and Jakob Svensson (Uppsala University, Sweden)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8502-4.ch001

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Abstract

This chapter explores traditional social movement theory and attempts to modernize and explain contemporary movements with consideration of the digital tools being utilized by citizens on the ground. The ability to transcend borders and traditional boundaries using digital media, to facilitate international participation and develop communication, and the dissemination of information and coordination among activist networks around the world is hugely important. This chapter asserts that modern contentious collective actions and contemporary movements have received an infusion of autonomy and grassroots energy fueled by the internet, digital technologies, and social networking platforms using Applied Programming Interface (API). Arab Spring movements in Egypt and Tunisia illustrate the use of social media within this emergent framework.

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