CULS30002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: February 28 Incident, Umbrella Movement, Sunflower Student Movement
17 Apr 2017
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Reflections on contribution of social media to protest. Twitter not really asian tool; used by international community. Computer mediated tools and platforms that enable users to form online communities or networks to share/ create information and ideas in different kinds of formats. Used by mainstream media/ news in formal reports. Use of social media associated with large-scale protests happening in several parts of the world. Facilitates protests by eliminating the costs traditionally associated with collective action such as material resources, defined identities, and group affiliations. Self-mediation" tools by activists as their own mass media. Able to give their version of events allow for meaningful discussions. Mainstream media logic images, short concise text, news spectacle can take away from real issues. Flexible identities no connection needed to physical organisations. Organisational dynamics that emerge when communication becomes a prominent part of organisation of social movements. Based on personalised content sharing across media networks.
