[Air-l] New Book: Cyberactivism

[Mike Ayers]

Aoir'ers-
here is some info on my new co-edited volume, due in february.  Routledge is 
offering a discount if ordered before 3/30, direct from them.  Am proud to say 
this collection features some very nice contributions from fellow Aoir'ers.  
Email me privately if you would like a .pdf form to print and fill out for 
ordering, or distribute to others.
best,
mike ayers.



Cyberactivism
Online Activism in Theory and Practice
Routledge Press, New York, NY

Edited by Martha McCaughey and Michael D. Ayers

Cyberactivism is a timely collection of
essays examining the growing importance
of online activism. The contributors
show how online activists have not only
incorporated recent technology as a tool
for change, but also how they have
changed the meaning of activism, what
community means, and how they conceive
of collective identity and democratic
change. Topics addressed range from the
Zapatista movement's use of the web to
promote their cause globally to the
establishment of alternative media
sources like indymedia.org to the direct
action of "hacktivists" who disrupt
commercial computer networks.
Cyberactivism is essential reading for
anyone interested in understanding the
impact of the Internet on politics today.

6 x 9 : 336 pp
Routledge 20% Discount expires 3/30/03
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Table of Contents
Introduction Martha McCaughey and Michael D. Ayers
I. Cyber-Social Movements Emerging Online

1. Internet Protests, from Text to Web Laura J. Gurak and John Logie

2. Indymedia.org: A New Communication Commons Dorothy Kidd

3. Classifying Forms of Online Activism: The Case of Cyberprotests 
Against the World Bank Sandor Vegh

4. The Radicalization of Zeke Speir: How the Internet Contributes to 
Civic Engagement and New Forms of Social
Capital Theorizing Online Activism Larry Elin

II. Theorizing Online Activism

5. Democracy, New Social Movements, and the Internet: A Habermasian 
Analysis Lee Salter

6. Comparing Collective Identity in Onlien and Offline Feminist 
Acivists Michael D. Ayers

7. Mapping Networks of Support for Zapatista Movement: Applying 
Social Networks Analysis to Study Cotemporary Social
Movements Maria Garrido and Alexander Halavais

8. Identifying with Information: Citizen Empowerment, the Internet, 
and the Environmental Anti-Toxins Movement
Wyatt Galusky

III. Cautionary Readings of Community, Empowerment, and Capitalism Online

9. Wiring Human-Rights Activism: Amnesty International and the 
Challenges of Information and Communication
Technologies Joanne Lebert

10. Ethic Online Communities: Between Profit and Purpose Steven McLaine

11. Gay Media, Inc.: Media Structures, The New Gay conglomerates, and 
Collective Sexual Identities
Joshua Gamson

Epilogue: Current Directions and Future Questions David Silver

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Mike Ayers
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