Internet activism, Sylvia Engdahl, book editor

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Internet activism, Sylvia Engdahl, book editor

Statement of responsibility

Sylvia Engdahl, book editor

Instantiates

• Internet activism

Publication

• Detroit, Greenhaven Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2013

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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volume

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• nc

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rdacarrier

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text

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• txt

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rdacontent

Contents

Is Internet activism an effective means of political action? Overview: There are many ways to support political causes on the Internet / Learn the Net ; The 2012 presidential candidates made extensive use of Internet tools / Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism ; Internet Activism via online petitions can bring about change / A. Lambert ; The Internet campaign urging capture of Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony is a good thing / Sonya Nigam ; The Internet campaign urging capture of Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony may do harm / Ethan Zuckerman ; Twitter does not cause revolution, people do / Harini Calamur -- What are the benefits and problems of Internet activism? People who support good causes on the Internet are cyberheroes / Dana Klisanin ; Internet activism allows people to show they care about world problems / Jonathan Glennie ; Many people click on Internet causes merely to give a good impression of themselves / Monica Hesse ; Internet activism becomes hacktivism when it is combined with hacking / Jason Kong ; If Internet activism is forced to go underground, democratic communication may be lost / Alison Powell -- Should US foreign policy foster Internet activism throughout the world? Promoting Internet freedom throughout the world is a goal of the US government / Hillary Rodham Clinton ; The US government will work with other nations to establish international Internet policies / The White House ; The US government should insist that major social websites protect privacy / Cory Doctorow ; Internet activism has little impact on promoting democracy in closed societies / Evgeny Morozov ; A trick of the light: the Internet has not brought us any closer to freedom / Bryan Appleyard -- How has Internet activism been used in other nations? The role of Facebook in the 2011 Egyptian revolution may have been overestimated / Will Heaven ; Iran's "Twitter Revolution"--myth or reality? / Gaurav Mishra, interviewed by Katie Combs ; The government of Pakistan has cracked down on Internet activism / Sana Saleem, interviewed by Paul Jay ; The government of India has demanded removal or blocking of many websites / Simon Roughneen ; Internet activism increases in Russia / Alexander Kolyandr

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ocn828768619

Dimensions

23 cm.

Extent

184 pages

Isbn

9780737768763

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(hardcover)

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2013004120

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unmediated

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rdamedia

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• n

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u149775

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• (Sirsi) o828768619
• (OCoLC)828768619