Media and Protest Logics in the Digital Era
Author | : Francis Lap Fung Lee |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 291 |
Release | : 2018 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780190856779 |
ISBN-13 | : 0190856777 |
Rating | : 4/5 (777 Downloads) |
Download or read book Media and Protest Logics in the Digital Era written by Francis Lap Fung Lee and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For 79 days in 2014, Hong Kong became the focus of international attention due to a public demonstration for genuine democracy that would become known as the Umbrella Movement. On the surface, this movement was not unlike other large-scale protest movements that have occurred in recent years. However, it was distinct in how bottom-up processes evolved into a centrally organized, programmatic movement with concrete policy demands. This book analyzes how traditional mass media institutions and digital media combined with on-the-ground networks in such a way as to propel citizen participation and.