GASB05H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Clay Shirky, Arab Spring, Technological Determinism
Week 11: Amusing Ourselves to Death
Activism:
- Mainstream media is connected by technology to the political elites
oVice versa
- Mainstream media plays a significant role in what information is passed on from the political
elites
- Unions are not activists
- The framing of activists and protests makes a significant difference on its impact on society
- What is the role of technology?
oSeems to be more profound
oWas the Arab Spring a twitter revolution?
- Framed as the public square
- Obvious manifestation of political participation
Media Theory:
- “when people express their outrage at injustices by retweeting or commenting or changing their
Facebook status, are they engaging in active resistance and perhaps even contributing to the
building of collective identities and the increasingly global awareness of the need for change?”
oRobertson, 2015:97
- “… we are living in the middle of a remarkable increase in our ability to share, to cooperate with
one another, and to take collective action, all outside the framework of traditional institutions
and organizations”
- Technological determinism Clay Shirky is against this
- He believes that revolution occurs at the adoption of new behaviours
- Collective action: people are on different steps of the ladder
- Highly motivated can create a context easily to become activists
- Motivation and dedication can contribute to the success of an action
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Document Summary
Mainstream media is connected by technology to the political elites: vice versa. Mainstream media plays a significant role in what information is passed on from the political elites. The framing of activists and protests makes a significant difference on its impact on society. When people express their outrage at injustices by retweeting or commenting or changing their. Facebook status, are they engaging in active resistance and perhaps even contributing to the building of collective identities and the increasingly global awareness of the need for change? : robertson, 2015:97. We are living in the middle of a remarkable increase in our ability to share, to cooperate with one another, and to take collective action, all outside the framework of traditional institutions and organizations . Technological determinism clay shirky is against this. He believes that revolution occurs at the adoption of new behaviours. Collective action: people are on different steps of the ladder.
