Media Activism in the Digital Age

<p><em>Media Activism</em> is the first collection of its kind to explore the political economy of social movements the aesthetic styles and cultural forms of mediated political expressions and the patterns of longer-term historical change in the forms and tactics of activism. </p> <p></p> <p>From memes to zines hacktivism to artivism this book considers activist practices involving both older kinds of media alongside newer digital social and network-based forms. The book provides fascinating case studies of activists using media to make political interventions in different historical periods and at local national and global levels.</p>