Revolt and Hope through Social Media
Revolt and Hope through Social Media
Review of the monograph Networks of Outrage and Hope – Social Movements in the Internet Age by Manuel Castells, translated by V. Savić and D. Nikolić, Belgrade: Službeni glasnik, 2018.
Author(s): Teodora D. IlićSubject(s): Social Sciences, Media studies, Communication studies, Sociology, Theory of Communication, Globalization
Published by: Српско социолошко друштво
Keywords: Manuel Castells;social movements;social media;Internet revolutions;Arab Spring;
Summary/Abstract: This paper reviews Castells’s book Networks of Outrage and Hope – Social Movements in the Internet Age which reaffirms the power of new social movements, pointing to their promotion in virtual space and concluding, on the basis of it, about their spontaneity, nonviolence and democracy as inherent characteristics, which can be problematized.
Journal: Социолошки преглед
- Issue Year: 54/2020
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 1437-1448
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English, Serbian