Global Activism Global Media
Jong Wilma De
Global Activism Global Media English Wilma De Jong,Martin Shaw, et.al - London Pluto Press 2005 - v-235 p. Hard Bound 13.7*21.7 cm
List of photographs vii
Acronyms and abbreviations viii
Preface x
Introduction 1
Wilma de Jong, Martin Shaw and Neil Stammers
Part I: Global Civil Society, Global Public Sphere
and Global Activism 15
1. Networks of knowledge and practice: global civil society
and global communications 17
Ronnie D. Lipschutz
2. Media and the global public sphere: an
evaluative approach 34
Colin Sparks
3. Social movements and global activism 50
Neil Stammers and Catherine Eschle
4. Between a political-institutional past and a
communicational-networked future? Reflections on
the Third World Social Forum, 2003 68
Peter Waterman; Postscript by Marianne Maeckelberg
5. From Aldermaston marcher to internet activist 84
Sarah Berger
Part II: Global Activism and Mainstream Media 93
6. Dying for diamonds: the mainstream media and
NGOs – a case study of ActionAid 95
Ivor Gaber and Alice Wynne Willson
7. The power and limits of media-based international
oppositional politics – a case study: the Brent Spar conflict 110
Wilma de Jong
v
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8. The World Development Movement: access and
representation of globalisation – activism in the
mainstream press 125
Dave Timms
9. Peace activism and western wars: social movements in
mass-mediated global politics 133
Martin Shaw
Part III: Global Activism and Activist Media 147
10. Activist media, civil society and social movements 149
John D. H. Downing
11. If it leads it bleeds: the participatory newsmaking
of the Independent Media Centre 165
Kate Coyer
12. Transgender activism and the net: global activism
or casualty of globalisation 179
Kate O’Riordan
13. Bridging the gap: from the margins to the mainstream 194
Pollyanna Ruiz
14. Civil society organisations and the internet: the case
of Amnesty International, Oxfam and the World
Development Movement 208
Anastasia Kavada
Notes on the Contributors 223
Index 22
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Global Activism Global Media English Wilma De Jong,Martin Shaw, et.al - London Pluto Press 2005 - v-235 p. Hard Bound 13.7*21.7 cm
List of photographs vii
Acronyms and abbreviations viii
Preface x
Introduction 1
Wilma de Jong, Martin Shaw and Neil Stammers
Part I: Global Civil Society, Global Public Sphere
and Global Activism 15
1. Networks of knowledge and practice: global civil society
and global communications 17
Ronnie D. Lipschutz
2. Media and the global public sphere: an
evaluative approach 34
Colin Sparks
3. Social movements and global activism 50
Neil Stammers and Catherine Eschle
4. Between a political-institutional past and a
communicational-networked future? Reflections on
the Third World Social Forum, 2003 68
Peter Waterman; Postscript by Marianne Maeckelberg
5. From Aldermaston marcher to internet activist 84
Sarah Berger
Part II: Global Activism and Mainstream Media 93
6. Dying for diamonds: the mainstream media and
NGOs – a case study of ActionAid 95
Ivor Gaber and Alice Wynne Willson
7. The power and limits of media-based international
oppositional politics – a case study: the Brent Spar conflict 110
Wilma de Jong
v
Wilma-FM.qxd 24/12/04 2:26 PM Page v
8. The World Development Movement: access and
representation of globalisation – activism in the
mainstream press 125
Dave Timms
9. Peace activism and western wars: social movements in
mass-mediated global politics 133
Martin Shaw
Part III: Global Activism and Activist Media 147
10. Activist media, civil society and social movements 149
John D. H. Downing
11. If it leads it bleeds: the participatory newsmaking
of the Independent Media Centre 165
Kate Coyer
12. Transgender activism and the net: global activism
or casualty of globalisation 179
Kate O’Riordan
13. Bridging the gap: from the margins to the mainstream 194
Pollyanna Ruiz
14. Civil society organisations and the internet: the case
of Amnesty International, Oxfam and the World
Development Movement 208
Anastasia Kavada
Notes on the Contributors 223
Index 22
0-7453-2195-X
322.4 / JON