Vlavo The Performativity of Digital Activism

New Aesthetics and Discourses of Resistance
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-317-43457-3
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 174 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Studies in New Media and Cyberculture

This book offers an analysis of online direct action as creative and cultural performance. It examines the historical and present practices of artists-activists engaged in digital activism, including the work of Critical Art Ensemble, Electronic Disturbance Theatre and Anonymous and discusses over 20 years of online activist practice as cultural production. The book investigates the discourses of cyberprotest based on the narratives provided by activists and artists involved in electronic resistance and actions, covering early online activist practices while also considering more recent shifts in the performance of electronic resistance such as the use of cracking and information leaking tactics which are reshaping the movement.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vlavo, Fidele

Vlavo, Fidèle A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Performance, Politics and Digital Activism 1. Electronic Resistance in Cyberspace 2. The Aesthetics of Resistance: From Critical Art Ensemble to Anonymous 3. Performing Dissent: 'Digital Theatre of the Oppressed' 4. The Performativity of Hacking:Symbolism, Simulation and Tactics 5. The Political and Legal implications of Online Protest Conclusion: The Cultural Production of Online Direct Action

Über Autor(innen)

Fidele Vlavo is Research Associate in the Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries at King’s College London, UK