Add to ORKGPeer-reviewedDuring the 2011 wave of protests millions of citizens around the globe employed a vastrange of digital media to demand greater democratic freedoms and social justice.Although mobile phones were widely used in all these protests, their significanceremains unclear. This chapter draws from both qualitative and quantitative research toshed light on the recent uses of mobile technologies for social protest, with Spain¿sIndignados (or 15M) movement as the case study. The chapter argues for theimportance of processual analyses of the new protests that situate the uniqueness of each mobile technology and ¿mobile ensemble¿ within a particular moment in thecollective biography of a movement. This approach reveals the importance of smartp...
The emergence of the internet and varied social media networks have led to the transformation of how...
Started in 2010, a wave of protests went through different regions of the world including countries ...
This article provides an empirical analysis examining if and how the typology of adoption of ICTs co...
Peer-reviewedDuring the 2011 wave of protests millions of citizens around the globe employed a vastr...
The Internet is causing major changes in the field of political activism. One particularly significa...
From data obtained in a survey conducted in May 2011 to identify some characteristics of the media i...
Digital telecommunication technology has expanded the mobile phone’s role for being increasingly use...
This chapter examines two case studies–the Umbrella Revolution in Hong Kong, and the July 20th prote...
This paper explores the growth of online mobilizations using data from the ‘indignados’ (the ‘outra...
Commentators covering recent social movements, such as the Arab Spring, commonly claim that cell pho...
In May 2011, thousands of outraged citizens (i.e. the indignados) occupied the squares of the main S...
This thesis examines how mobile phones affect political activity. In a number of cases, the mobile p...
Previous studies on the use of social media to facilitate participation in protest have examined est...
Recent developments in communications technology have transformed how social movements might mobiliz...
Analyses of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and the internet have underlined, on t...
The emergence of the internet and varied social media networks have led to the transformation of how...
Started in 2010, a wave of protests went through different regions of the world including countries ...
This article provides an empirical analysis examining if and how the typology of adoption of ICTs co...
Peer-reviewedDuring the 2011 wave of protests millions of citizens around the globe employed a vastr...
The Internet is causing major changes in the field of political activism. One particularly significa...
From data obtained in a survey conducted in May 2011 to identify some characteristics of the media i...
Digital telecommunication technology has expanded the mobile phone’s role for being increasingly use...
This chapter examines two case studies–the Umbrella Revolution in Hong Kong, and the July 20th prote...
This paper explores the growth of online mobilizations using data from the ‘indignados’ (the ‘outra...
Commentators covering recent social movements, such as the Arab Spring, commonly claim that cell pho...
In May 2011, thousands of outraged citizens (i.e. the indignados) occupied the squares of the main S...
This thesis examines how mobile phones affect political activity. In a number of cases, the mobile p...
Previous studies on the use of social media to facilitate participation in protest have examined est...
Recent developments in communications technology have transformed how social movements might mobiliz...
Analyses of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and the internet have underlined, on t...
The emergence of the internet and varied social media networks have led to the transformation of how...
Started in 2010, a wave of protests went through different regions of the world including countries ...
This article provides an empirical analysis examining if and how the typology of adoption of ICTs co...