Do social media really with necessity result in more democracy and a better society? What is the And if such states of society are achieved, are they then the result of technology or of the struggles of humans who take risks in activism? What is the relationship of technology and society? What is the relationship between the opportunities and risks of “social media“? The Internet researcher Manuel Castells has in his recently published book “Networks of outrage and hope: social movements in the Internet age“ voiced a view that is quite similar to the one by Shirky.
Why Social Media Research Matters for Occupy
christian fuchs, November 28th 2012
Tags: capitalism, crisis, Facebook, Occupy, Occupy movement, Occupy Wall Street, politics, protest, revolution, social media, social movement, Twitter, YouTubePosted in Uncategorized
Social Media and the UK Riots: “Twitter Mobs”, “Facebook Mobs”, “Blackberry Mobs” and the Structural Violence of Neoliberalism
The UK riots are not a “Blackberry mob”, not a “Facebook mob” and not a “Twitter mob”; they are the effects of the structure violence of neoliberalism. Capitalism, crisis and class are the main contexts of unrests, uproar and social media today.
christian fuchs, August 10th 2011
Tags: Birmingham, Blackberry, Blackberry mob, Blackberry mobs, capitalism, Facebook, Facebook mob, Facebook mobs, gangs, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Mark Duggan, mob, neoliberalism, popular culture, riots, Salford, social media, thugs, Tottenham, Twitter, Twitter mob, Twitter mobs, UK riots, United Kingdom, violence, West Midlands, working class in england, youthPosted in Uncategorized