Hi Emiliano ~ Some of my work addresses your second point. In my book, *Cyber Racism*, I looked at white supremacists (neo-nazis, the KKK) as a social movement over a long period of time and how specific groups did, or did not, make the transition from print to Internet. I also examined the issue of "recruitment" vis-a-vis this social movement and the Internet. Basically, I found a lot of fear (and moral panic) about white supremacists "recruiting" via the Internet but not a lot of evidence that it actually happens. I have a lengthy discussion in Chapter 4 "White Supremacist Social Movements Online & in Global Context," that takes up this issue in detail. Good luck with your research! Best, ~ Jessie Jessie Daniels, PhD Associate Professor Urban Public Health Rm. 830W Hunter College 425 E. 25th Street New York, NY 10010 * * * website: http://www.jessiedanielsphd.com * * * blog: http://www.racismreview.com * * * My latest book: Cyber Racism http://www.cyberracism.com 2010/2/17 Emiliano Treré <emiliano.trere@uniud.it>
Hi everyone,
In my PhD dissertation I'm focusing on the relations between social movements and the media, especially the Internet. I need some help in bibliography with regard to two topics: 1. the concept of media environment, mediascape, media ecology, etc. I'm considering the whole media repertoire of activists and not just focus on one specific medium. 2. the conceptualization of Internet not as a simple medium: I need some hints on papers, books and theories addressing the complexity of the Internet as an environment, an ecology that cannot be reduced to a unique technological block.
Thanks a lot. Best, Emiliano Treré
-- Emiliano Treré PhD candidate Doctoral Program in Multimedia Communication University of Udine, Italy _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
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