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Beyond the Internet
Unplugging the Protest Movement Wave
Edited by Rita Figueiras and Paula do Espírito Santo
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Names: Figueiras, Rita, editor. I Espírito Santo, Paula do, editor.
Title: Beyond the Internet: unplugging rbe protest movement wave / edited by Rita Figueiras and Paula do Espírito Santo.
Description: New York, NY : Routledge, 2016. I Series:
Routledge studies in global informatioll, polities and society ; 10 I Includes bibliographical references and indexo
ldentifiers: LCCN 2015030098 I ISBN 9781138915640 (bbk) I ISBN 9781315690124 (ebk)
Subjects: LCSH: Mass media--PoJitiçal aspects-Europc. I Communication in politics-Europe. I Polítical participation
Europe. I J'rotest movements-Press coverage-Europe. I Social movemenrs-Press coverage-Europe. I Internet
Political aspeets-Europe.
Classificarion: LCC P95.82.E85 B49 2016 I DDe 302.23/094-dc23 LC record available ar http://lccn.loc.gov/2015030098
ISBN: 978-1-138-91564-0 (hbk ) ISBN: 978-0-8153-7058-1 (pbk) Typeset in Sabon
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Contents
Series Editor's ForeUJord Xl
KENNETH ROGERSON
Introduction 1
RITA FIGUEIRAS ANO PAULA DO ESPíRITO SA N TO
1 Cívic Cosmopolitanism and Polítical Communícation: Media, Activism, and Agency
PETER DAI-ILGREN
7
2 Protest Camps as Media Stages: A Case Study of Activist
Media Practices across Three British Social Movements 31
ANNA FEIGENBAUM AND PATRICK MC CURDY
3 Communication Strategies and New PoliticaI Movements in Spain
6SCAR G. LUEN GO ANO JAVIER G. MARíN
53
4 From the Streets and the Occupied Squares to the
Central PoliticaI Field: The Narratives of the Anti-Austerity Camp in Greece
NIKOS SOTIRAKOPOULOS AND OLGA NTALAKA
76
5 Social Media and Polítical Participation: The Portuguese Indignados Case
JOAO CARLOS CORREIA
99
6 Unmasking the "Quiet Man": Exploring Ireland's Quiescent Response to Economic Crisis and Austerity
GEiVIMA CARNEY AND KATY HAYWARO
123
Unplugging the Protest Movement Wave
RITA FIGUEIRAS AND PAULA DO EspíRITO SANTO
141
Notes on Contributors Index
151 153
