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While most previous research on cyberactivism in the Arab Spring, in general, and the Egyptian revolution, in particular, focused on analyzing the role of social media in mobilizing the masses for political action, coordinating protest... more
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      Media StudiesNew MediaDigital MediaPolitics
[PART] ....The concept of Cyberactivism has hit Kenya like a relentless wave as most Kenyans (especially the youths) have more times than not been able to use these social networking platforms for various purposes, such as awareness... more
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      Constitutional LawPoliticsSocial ActivismKenya
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      Cultural StudiesGender StudiesMedia StudiesNew Media
The wave of Arab revolutions and uprisings that has been shaking all corners of the Arab Middle East since 2011 and that has come to be known as the Arab Spring owed a major portion of its success to online activism. The spark that... more
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      Media StudiesSocial MediaMediaActivism
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      Caribbean StudiesRadical FeminismCyberactivism
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      CyberactivismTunisian Revolution-Arab Spring
Uma das mais importantes potencialidades da Web 2.0 é permitir a difusão de ideias em comum, unindo pessoas que defendam as mesmas causas, consilidando o ciberativismo nos últimos anos. No Brasil um dos maiores exemplos foram os... more
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      AnonymousCyberactivismPragmaticismSemiotica
Trolling has become an imperative feature of online communication. The boom of new media and innovative technologies has favoured this acceleration. Trolls hold an undeniable position in gauging public opinion and attitudes on almost... more
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      Digital MediaInternet memesNew Media StudiesCyberactivism
Se analizan las estrategias que desplegó la Campaña Nacional por el Derecho al Aborto Legal, Seguro y Gratuito en Twitter en 2018, en ocasión del primer debate legislativo en torno al proyecto de ley por la interrupción voluntaria del... more
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      Digital MediaSocial MediaArgentinaFeminism
The underlying faulty assumption that there is only one single form of feminism (i.e., Western feminism) that women have to universally emulate is highly problematic due to its ethnocentric underpinnings, which mask the rich diversities... more
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      New MediaDigital MediaGenderSocial Media
Este pequeño ensayo pretende reflexionar críticamente sobre las trasformaciones sociales debidas a los medios digitales que están cambiando profundamente nuestras sociedades. Este trabajo está dividido en dos partes. En la primera parte... more
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      Social MovementsCyberactivismMovimientos socialesTICS
Since the events of the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street took place largely through the Web using social networking and mobile devices, the concept of "cyberactivism" has become a popular topic of discussion and criticism within the... more
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      Digital LiteracyActivismCyberactivism
Sarea ekintza eremu berria bihurtu da azken urteotan eta aldaketa sozial, kultural, ekonomiko, legal eta politikorako aukerak sortu ditu (Mimenza, 2014: 16). Teknologien eskuragarritasunak elkarren artean konektatutako pertsona taldeak... more
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      FeminismCyborg FeminismCyberfeminismCyberactivism
Através de um estudo do Movimento Brasil Livre (MBL) no pós-impeachment de Dilma Rousseff, a dissertação analisa o ativismo político nas redes sociais virtuais – o ciberativismo. O MBL notabilizou-se, em 2015 e 2016, por comandar... more
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      Social MovementsSocial NetworksFacebookMBL
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      CyberlawDemocracy and Cyber-Democracy Theory and PracticeCyberpsychologyCybercrimes
Este trabalho apresenta o advento do WikiLeaks e enfatiza o seu papel na luta pela transparência de informação na Internet. Atualmente, o WikiLeaks é usado tanto como um destino de compartilhamento de documentos como uma fonte de... more
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      Information WarfareHacktivismCyberactivismWikileaks and Democracy
La emergencia del ciberactivismo como una traslación de la acción política no convencional en el contexto de las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación plantea al menos tres cuestiones. La definición, delimitación y... more
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      Internet & SocietyCyberactivismActivismo
Unveiling the Revolutionaries 3 "I, a girl, am going down to Tahrir Square, and I will stand alone. And I'll hold up a banner. Perhaps people will show some honor. I even wrote my number so maybe people will come down with me. No one came... more
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      ReligionSocial MovementsInformation TechnologyComparative Law
La revolución de las nuevas tecnologías de la información y la comunicación (TIC) ha configurado un espacio virtual de interacción social, económica, cultural, política e institucional de alcance global y con un efecto democratizador y de... more
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      CybercrimesInternational SecurityCyber TerrorismCyberwarfare
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      Social MovementsOnline CommunitiesCommunity Engagement & ParticipationICT4D
This paper focuses on four popular UK based, desi food blogs by Anjali Pathak, Hari Ghotra, Mallika Basu, and Chintal Kakaya, who are ambassadors of the global justice charity Find Your Feet's (FYF) ‘Curry for Change’ (CFC) campaign.... more
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      South Asian DiasporasCyberactivismFood Blogs
Neste artigo temos por objetivo principal apresentar tópicos da obra O Ateísmo no Brasil: os sentidos da descrença nos séculos XX e XXI, de Ricardo Oliveira da Silva, historiador e professor da UFMS (campus de Nova Andradina). Os tópicos... more
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      AtheismHistory of AtheismBertrand RussellDaniel Dennett
In this paper I explore how uniquely Palestinians are using the digital world for grass-root non-violent resistance and activism. And I address the question of whether they jumped in to the bandwagon of the Arab Spring snowball of social... more
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      Israel/PalestinePalestineResistance (Social)Palestinian Culture
Del ciberactivismo a la tecnopolítica. Movimientos sociales en la era del escepticismo tecnológico explica cómo en los últimos años se han producido profundas transformaciones en los modos en que los movimientos sociales han negociado el... more
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      Social MovementsNew MediaInternet StudiesInternet research
This feminist, qualitative study sheds light on how young Arab women used cyberactivism to participate in the wave of political and social transformations widely known as the Arab Spring. It argues that these activists leveraged social... more
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      Cultural StudiesMedia and Cultural StudiesDigital MediaWomen
Considerando que os estudos no campo comunicacional, no Brasil, estão cada vez mais atentos à reflexão teórico-conceitual acerca do ciberativismo – dentro de um escopo geral de perceptível proliferação de trabalhos –, verifica-se,... more
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      Media StudiesPolitical RepresentationCyberactivismMovimientos sociales
The latest social movements of the second decade of this century have recently highlighted the image of teenage activists such as the paradigmatic case of Greta Thunberg. These teen activists engage in their activism through social... more
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      TwitterTeenagersCyberactivismNew Media, Social Network Analysis, e-research, Link analysis, Social Network Sites, Twitter, Facebook, Political Communication
O presente trabalho teve como objetivo compreender como se dá a construção de identidade coletiva no site/coletivo transfeminismo.com, percebendo a criação de definições cognitivas do conflito e do “nós”, o investimento emocional e a rede... more
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      Social MovementsInternet StudiesCyberfeminismCollective Identity
151 Nicht die Form der Medien ist entscheidend -sondern die des Journalismus Elf Thesen für eine Medienoffensive von links DISKUSSION Charles Lewinsky 157 Das Fremde und die Schweiz Josef Lang 165 Podemos -Lernprozess in Spanien und... more
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      Social MovementsMedia StudiesDigital MediaPolitical Science
Hacktivism, a portmanteau of “hacking” and “activism”, indicates the politically motivated use of technical expertise like coding. It addresses network infrastructure or exploits the infrastructure’s technical and ontological features for... more
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      Social MovementsInformation TechnologyProtestHacktivism
Occupy Wall Street, el movimiento 15M y la primavera árabe son los movimientos sociales contemporáneos que más poder de movilización han tenido y que más influencia han causado en las políticas públicas de sus respectivos países. Estos... more
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      Social MovementsCyberactivismMovimientos sociales15M movement
This chapter foregrounds the role of an emerging movement of young migrant workers, and especially their tactical communications, in contesting the global system of capitalism in China's export industries. Producing much of the world's... more
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      Social MovementsSocial MovementLabour StudiesCyberactivism
This article aims to provide benchmarks for structuring a classification of the most important communication behaviors of modern cyberactivism, particularly around social networks. Although cyberactivism is a complex social phenomenon... more
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      Media ActivismActivismCyberactivism
The ongoing political resistance and civic engagement movements which have been sweeping the Arab world since 2011 and which came to be widely referred to as the “Arab Spring” or “Arab Awakening” movements, have empowered large segments... more
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      CommunicationNew MediaPolitical ScienceSocial Media
Neste artigo temos por objetivo principal apresentar tópicos da obra O Ateísmo no Brasil: os sentidos da descrença nos séculos XX e XXI, de Ricardo Oliveira da Silva, historiador e professor da UFMS (campus de Nova Andradina). Os tópicos... more
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      AtheismHistory of AtheismBertrand RussellDaniel Dennett
São diversos os espaços de militância feminista, mas um em especial tem despontado como locus do transfeminismo no Brasil: o ciberespaço. O transfeminismo.com, site surgido em 2011, tornou-se um coletivo e uma fonte de informações sobre o... more
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      CyberactivismTransfeminismCiberativismoTransfeminismo
Les évènements qui ont eu lieu lors des premiers mois de l’année 2011 dans le monde arabe ont porté l’attention sur l’importance des nouvelles technologies et notamment d’Internet dans le déclenchement et le déroulement des mouvements de... more
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      CartographyEgyptFacebookTwitter
This thesis presents a study of how identification, according to Kenneth Burke's theory, can be observed in the media-related practices promoted by the cyber-activist collective Anonymous. Identification is the capacity of... more
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      Identity and IdentificationKenneth BurkeAnonymousCyberactivism
This article examines the changing role of cyberactivists before and after the Jasmine Revolution through case studies of three prominent figures: Houssem Aoudi (Cogite, Wasaibi), Sami Ben Gharbia (Nawaat.org), and Haythem el Mekki... more
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      CommunicationMedia StudiesDevelopment StudiesYouth Studies
A growing body of research is examining the role of cyberactivism in facilitating social movements. Yet, few have considered the interplay between cyberactivism and disability advocacy. Through a case study of the #boycottautismspeaks... more
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      Media StudiesSocial SciencesDigital MediaAutism Spectrum Disorders
Resumen: Los peligros del desarrollo tecnológico han sido objeto de numerosos relatos a lo largo de la historia, planteando escenarios distópicos en los que el ser humano ha sido vencido por su propia creación, ya sea porque las máquinas... more
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      HacktivismAnonymousCyberactivismSousveillance
Este artículo aborda los dispositivos de difusión animalista, entendidos como medios de circulación de contenidos político e ideológico anti especistas, que configuraron las subjetividades animalistas en el Ecuador. Para ello, se utiliza... more
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      Social MovementsAnimal StudiesCritical Animal StudiesAnimal Rights/Liberation
Neste texto, dedicado ao escritor Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel, destaca-se a sua posição no campo da literatura da Guiné Equatorial, por se tratar do escritor crítico da ditadura de Teodoro Obiang com mais visibilidade internacional que vive... more
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      CyberactivismEquatorial Guinea
HACKTIVIST CULTURE AND VIOLENCE 2 Hacktivist Culture and the Concept of Violence Between the years 2007-2012, 16 people were arrested and charged with violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act for advocating and participating in... more
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      TechnologyRhetoricWalter BenjaminHacktivism
This encyclopedia entry discusses the role of social media in people's lives who identify with a non-dominant sexual identity. The entry discusses social media as a safe space, how social media encourages self-reflexivity, the role social... more
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      GLBT StudiesInternet research methodsSocial MediaCyberbullying
A atividade de hackers não é algo recente e tampouco é um fenômeno isolado. Assim, a tecnologia que consegue “acelerar” o tempo com suas novidades e atualizações, serviu de trampolim para grupos desejosos de... more
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      HacktivismCyberactivismInternational Law State Responsibility Cyberspace Cyberterrorism CyberattacksCybercriminality
Este artículo aborda la experiencia del movimiento social #YoSoy132, a partir de la exploración de su surgimiento en el contexto político, social y mediático mexicano y del análisis de sus características, demandas y paralelismos... more
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      Social ChangeSocial MovementsNew MediaDigital Media
My dissertation is about policy actors' visibility. I study the cases of "Ley Sinde" and Digital Economy Act. I explore the different media strategies of the actors involved in the conflict about digital contents on the Web
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      Intellectual PropertyCollective ActionCyberactivism