Mediated Communities brings together a diverse, global cohort of academics and professional communicators to assess the current state of democratic mobilizing around the world and the ways in which protest movements are being transformed in the midst of a communication revolution. Contributors draw on a variety of international settings – from Greece to Lebanon, China to Argentina – to demonstrate the ways in which community organizing in the digital age relies increasingly on digital media to communicate, help participants find common ground, and fight for change. Contributors acknowledge the challenges that lie ahead for creating real and lasting democratic change, but at the same time are able to draw attention to the potential that digital media hold for strengthening citizen voices around the globe.
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Foreword – Developing Global Perspectives Through Media Literacy and Civic Engagement
Part One: Theorizing Mediated Communities
Chapter 1 – Conceptualizing Mediated Communities in an Era of Digital Connectivity
Chapter 2 – Media Literacy and Mediated Communities: Emerging Perspectives for Digital Culture
Part Two: Global Case Studies
Chapter 3 – Ticket to Die: The Tragedy at Once Station and the Civic Use of Social Media in Argentina
Chapter 4 – Civic Voices in the Digital Era: Opportunities and Challenges in Kenya
Chapter 5 – Mediating Palestine
Chapter 6 – Reclaiming the Urban Landscape, Rebuilding the Civic Culture: Online Mobilization, Community Building, and Public Space in Athens, Greece
Chapter 7 – China: Media Activism in Online Health Communication
Part Three: Media Literacy in Activated Communities
Chapter 8 – Uneasy Relationships: Journalists, Social Media, and the Implications for News
Chapter 9 – From Mediated to Mediator: How Youth Use Digital Media to Open the Public Sphere, Empower Activism and Reclaim Voice
Chapter 10 – The Mexican Movement #Yosoy132 as an Example of Prodience’s Public Engagement
Chapter 11 – Epilogue: Revolutions and Reality: Community Action in an Era of State Intrusion and Corporatization of Digital Networks
New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2015. 216 pp.
Moses Shumow (PhD, University of Miami) is an assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Florida International University. His work has been published in Media Culture and Society, Journalism and Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, among others.