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• List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgements Introduction 'Global Civil Society' and the Media The Organisation of News 'Global Civil Society' and Global News Broadcasters: The Case of BBC World News 'Global Civil Society' and National/Local Newspapers: The Case of Los Angeles Times 'Global Civil Society' and Alternative Online News: The Case of OhmyNews International and Groundreport A Liberal Paradox: Media developments and 'Global Civil Society' Appendix Bibliography Index.
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Much analysis and hope in both academia and political rhetoric currently rests on ideas of deliberation and post-national democratic practices -- the roots of a 'global civil society'. This has taken force as not just an analysis of social and political change, but as a normative project. This book has grown out of concern with how changes in media are influencing democratic function and politics in our global age. Lina Dencik argues that counter to much discussion, the very notion of a global civil society needs to be subjected to rigorous critique, given so much of the debate is based on an implicit (and problematic) account of changing conditions, not least within the media. Bridging the gap between different literatures across disciplines and presenting new empirical data on key sites of news production, the book provides a fresh and critical approach to the topical debate on media, globalization and social and political change.
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• Introduction, Lina Dencik and Oliver Leistert /
• 1. Promise and Practice in Studies of Social Media and Movements. Sebastian Haunss / Part I: Algorithmic Control and Visibility /
• 2. The Revolution Will Not Be Liked: On the Systemic Constraints of Corporate Social Media Platforms for Protests, Oliver Leistert /
• 3. Mobilizing in Times of Social Media: From a Politics of Identity to a Politics of Visibility, Stefania Milan / Part II: Temporal Alienation and Redefining Spaces /
• 4. Social Media, Immediacy and the Time for Democracy: Critical Reflections on Social Media as 'Temporalising Practices', Veronica Barassi /
• 5. "This Space Belongs to Us!": Protest Spaces in Times of Accelerating Capitalism, Anne Kaun / Part III: Surveillance, Censorship and Political Economy /
• 6. Social Media Censorship, Privatised Regulation, and New Restrictions to Protest and Dissent, Arne Hintz /
• 7. Social Media Protest in Context: Surveillance, Information / Management, and Neoliberal Governance in Canada, Joanna Redden /
• 8. Preempting Dissent: From Participatory Policing to Collaborative Filmmaking, Greg Elmer / Part IV: Dissent and Fragmentation From Within /
• 9. The Struggle Within: Discord, Conflict and Paranoia in Social Media Protest, Emiliano Trere /
• 10. Social Media and the 2013 Protests in Brazil: The Contradictory Nature of Political Mobilization in the Digital Era, Mauro P. Porto and Joao Brant / Part V: Myths and Organisational Trajectories /
• 11. Social Media and the 'New Authenticity' of Protest. Lina Dencik /
• 12. Network Cultures and the Architecture of Decision. Geert Lovink and Ned Rossiter / Notes on Contributors.
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• Introduction, Lina Dencik and Oliver Leistert / Part I: Discourses of Protest /
• 1. Social Media and Social Movements: Promise and Practice, Sebastian Haunss /
• 2. Social Media and the 'New Authenticity' of Protest, Lina Dencik / Part II: Protest Dynamics and Temporalities /
• 3. Social Movements and Collective Identity in Times of Social Media: From a politics of identity to a politics of visibility, Stefania Milan /
• 4. The Struggle Within: Unfolding discord, conflict and paranoia in contemporary activists' social media practices, Emiliano Trere /
• 5. Social Media and the 2013 Protests in Brazil: Class bias and agenda fragmentation in online political mobilizations, Mauro P. Porto and Joao Brant /
• 6. Regimes of Time: Media practices of the dispossessed, Anne Kaun /
• 7. Internet Time and the Time for Democracy: Critical reflections on social media as 'temporalising practices', Veronica Barassi / Part III: Censorship, Surveillance, and Policing of Protests /
• 8. Social Media Censorship, Privatized Regulation and New Restrictions of Protest and Dissent, Arne Hintz /
• 9. The Revolution Will Not Be Liked: On the systemic limits of protests and political campaigns on commercial social media platforms, Oliver Leistert /
• 10. Predictive Policing, Social Media Analysis and Preventing Protest: The future is here, Joanna Redden /
• 11. Mobilizing Protest Media: From the hand-held to the documentary, Greg Elmer /
• 12. The Politics of Organized Networks: The art of collective coordination, Geert Lovink.
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Commercial social media platforms have become integral to contemporary forms of protests. They are intensely used by advocacy groups, non-governmental organisations, social movements and other political actors who increasingly integrate social media platforms into broader practices of organizing and campaigning. But, aside from the many advantages of extensive mobilization opportunities at low cost, what are the implications of social media corporations being involved in these grassroots movements? This book takes a much-needed critical approach to the relationship between social media and protest. Highlighting key issues and concerns in contemporary forms of social media activism, including questions of censorship, surveillance, individualism, and temporality, the book combines contributions from some of the most active scholars in the field today. Advancing both conceptual and empirical work on social media and protest, and with a range of different angles, the book provides a fresh and challenging outlook on a very topical debate.
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• Introduction: citizens, data and surveillance
• Citizenship in a digital age
• Datafication and surveillance
• Regulating datafication
• Mediating digital citizenship
• Understanding and negotiating digital environments
• Challenging datafication
• Conclusion: enabling digital citizenship in a datafied society.

Digitization has transformed the way we interact with our social, political and economic environments. While it has enhanced the potential for citizen agency, it has also enabled the collection and analysis of unprecedented amounts of personal data. This requires us to fundamentally rethink our understanding of digital citizenship, based on an awareness of the ways in which citizens are increasingly monitored, categorized, sorted and profiled. Drawing on extensive empirical research, Digital Citizenship in a Datafied Society offers a new understanding of citizenship in an age defined by data collection and processing. The book traces the social forces that shape digital citizenship by investigating regulatory frameworks, mediated public debate, citizens' knowledge and understanding, and possibilities for dissent and resistance.
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• Challenging media power today
• Claiming media justice
• Advancing data justice
• Articulating a politics of hope
• Conclusion: A manifesto for media reform

Our media systems are in crisis. Run by unaccountable corporations and dominated by agendas and algorithms that are shrouded in mystery, these formerly trusted sources of information and entertainment have lost their way. As consumers, we have plenty of choice, but as citizens we have an abundance of misinformation and misrepresentation. In this incisive manifesto, four prominent media scholars and activists put forth a roadmap for radical reform of concentrated media power. They argue that we should put media justice, economic democracy and social equality at the heart of our scholarship and our campaigning. The Media Manifesto delivers a sharp analysis of our communications crisis and a passionate call for urgent change. It provides resources of hope for media reform movements across the globe.
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