Media practices and protest politics : how precarious workers mobilise / Alice Mattoni.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mattoni, Alice, 1978-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political participation--Italy.

Political participation.

Italy.

Social movements--Italy.

Social movements.

Communication in politics--Italy.

Communication in politics.

Physical Description:

xv, 197 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2012]

Summary:

Mattoni, a postdoctoral fellow at U. of Pittsburgh working in sociology, examines five examples of worker-mobilization and their use of media to make visible the increasingly precarious nature of work. This is a very exciting text in that it foregrounds worker organization as the impetus for social change. She considers how grassroots political organization and political communication intertwine, where social movement actors are seeking visibility, what it even means to gain political visibility, and the impact different styles of media relations have for worker mobilization. Her research is focused on Italy and took place between 2001 and 2006. It includes interviews, materials from social movements and protests, and alternative media texts about the events. Specifically, she looks at the Euro Mayday Parade of 2001, the Reddito per Tutt direct actions of 2004, the demonstrations against Ddl Moratti in 2004-2005, the Serpica Naro fashion show (a media hoax) of 2005, and the Precari Atesia strikes of 2005. A concluding appendix details her methodological considerations and data sources. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Introduction

Theoretical reflections on the study of grassroots political communication

The discursive context and contentious field of precarity in Italy

The construction of precarious subjects in mobilisations against precarity

Reflections in the mirror. media knowledge practices

Surfing media diversity. relational media practices

The construction of public identities. media representations of protest

Conclusions. the circuit of grassroots political communication.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781409426783

1409426785

9781409426790

1409426793

OCLC:

771913438