This may be outside the scope of what you're looking for, but yesterday I published a white paper documenting the user riots that occurred in Facebook.com from 9/5-9/7/2006 as a release of the Feeds product. Over the course of three days nearly 750,000 users joined a group protesting the feeds, ultimately forcing Facebook to change the product. Paper can be downloaded here: http://ibiblio.org/fred/pubs/stutzman_wp6.pdf or read on my blog: http://chimprawk.blogspot.com/2006/11/case-study-facebook-feeds-and.html Best, Fred On Tue, 21 Nov 2006, Brian Loader wrote:
You may find an edited collection we produced a couple of years ago of interest: Wim van de Donk, Brian D. Loader, Paul Nixon & Dieter Rucht (2004) Cyberprotest: New nedia, citizens & social movements, Routledge.
-----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Sherman Sent: 20 November 2006 23:39 To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] new vs old activism
Can anyone direct me to significant literature regarding what constitutes old political activism vs new activism--particularly insofar as its organisation, structure and implementation is concerned? Of interest is how (and whether) the Internet plays a role in what some are calling a new (global?) activism.
Alternatively, if you think there's nothing particularly new about activism, I'd be interested in that as well...
I realise this is a fairly broad question, but your responses needn't be similarly expansive--just a quick thought here or there would be greatly appreciated!
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