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.
Social Media and the UK Riots: “Twitter Mobs”, “Facebook Mobs”, “Blackberry Mobs” and the Structural Violence of Neoliberalism
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
The role of Internet and ICT policies in the UK after the 2010 election: does it make a difference for the role of the Internet in British society if there will be a Labour-Lib Dem or a Conservative-Lib Dem government?
Will there be changes in Internet and ICT politics and policies after the 2010 elections for the Westminster parliament? Willit in this context make a difference if there will be a Tory-LibDem government or a Labour-LibDem government? The election manifestos of the three parties give us an idea of what to expect for the near future for UK Internet politics.
christian fuchs, May 8th 2010
Tags: Cameron, Conservative Party, Conservative Party Manifesto 2010, Conservative Technology Manifesto 2010, Conservatives, David Cameron, England, Gordon Brown, Great Britain, Internet, Internet policies, Internet politics, labour, Labour Party, Labour Party Manifesto 2010, Lib Dem, Lib Dems, LibDems, Liberal Democrat Manifesto 2010, Liberal Democrats, LidDem, new media, Nick Clegg, social networking sites, Tories, Tory, UK election, UK elections, United Kingdom, web 2.0Posted in Uncategorized