Civic media : technology, design, practice / edited by Eric Gordon and Paul Mihailidis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gordon, Eric, 1973- editor.

Mihailidis, Paul, 1978- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Political aspects.

Mass media.

Digital media--Political aspects.

Digital media.

Political participation.

Political participation--Technological innovations.

Internet in public administration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 648 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press, [2016]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Examinations of civic engagement in digital culture--the technologies, designs, and practices that support connection through common purpose in civic, political, and social life. Countless people around the world harness the affordances of digital media to enable democratic participation, coordinate disaster relief, campaign for policy change, and strengthen local advocacy groups. The world watched as activists used social media to organize protests during the Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street, and Hong Kong's Umbrella Revolution. Many governmental and community organizations changed their mission and function as they adopted new digital tools and practices. This book examines the use of "civic media"--The technologies, designs, and practices that support connection through common purpose in civic, political, and social life. Scholars from a range of disciplines and practitioners from a variety of organizations offer analyses and case studies that explore the theory and practice of civic media. The contributors set out the conceptual context for the intersection of civic and media; examine the pressure to innovate and the sustainability of innovation; explore play as a template for resistance; look at civic education; discuss media-enabled activism in communities; and consider methods and funding for civic media research. The case studies that round out each section range from a "debt resistance" movement to government service delivery ratings to the "It Gets Better" campaign aimed at combating suicide among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth. The book offers a valuable interdisciplinary dialogue on the challenges and opportunities of the increasingly influential space of civic media.

Contents:

I The Big Picture 27

1 Democracy in the Digital Age / Peter Levine Levine, Peter 29

2 Effective Civics / Ethan Zuckerman Zuckerman, Ethan 49

3 The Logic of Connective Action: Digital Media and the Personalization of Contentious Politics / W. Lance Bennett Bennett, W. Lance, Alexandra Segerberg Segerberg, Alexandra 77

4 Liberated Technology: Inside Emancipatory Communication Activism / Stefania Milan Milan, Stefania 107

5 Case Study: "Bury until They Change Their Ways"-The Digg Patriots and/as User-Generated Censorship / Chris Peterson Peterson, Chris 125

6 Case Study: Marriage Equality, Facebook Profile Pictures, and Civic Participation / Brady Robards Robards, Brady, Bob Buttigieg Buttigieg, Bob 131

7 Case Study: Strike Debt and the Rolling Jubilee-Building a Debt Resistance Movement / Erhardt Graeff Graeff, Erhardt 137

II Systems + Design 147

8 Re-Imagining Government through Civic Media: Three Pathways to Institutional Innovation / Beth Simone Noveck Noveck, Beth Simone 149

9 Data Visualizations Break Down Knowledge Barriers in Public Engagement / Sarah Williams Williams, Sarah 165

10 The Partisan Technology Gap / David Karpf Karpf, David 199

11 Case Study: Code for America-Scaling Civic Engagement through Open Data and Software Design / Andrew Richard Schrock Schrock, Andrew Richard 217

12 Case Study: RegulationRoom / Dmitry Epstein Epstein, Dmitry, Cheryl Blake Blake, Cheryl 221

13 Case Study: Better Reykjavik-Open Municipal Policymaking / Derek Lackaff Lackaff, Derek 229

14 Case Study: The California Report Card Version 1.0 CITRIS Connected Communities Initiative at UC Berkeley 235

III Play + Resistance 241

15 Meaningful Inefficiencies: Resisting the Logic of Technological Efficiency in the Design of Civic Systems / Eric Cordon Cordon, Eric, Stephen Walter Walter, Stephen 243

16 Let's Get Lost: Poetic City Meets Data City / Beth Coleman Coleman, Beth 267

17 Superpowers to the People! How Young Activists Are Tapping the Civic Imagination / Henry Jenkins Jenkins, Henry, Sangita Shresthova Shresthova, Sangita, Liana Camber-Thompson Camber-Thompson, Liana, Neta Kligler-Vilenchik Kligler-Vilenchik, Neta 295

18 Case Study: Mashnotes / Roy Bendor Bendor, Roy 321

19 Case Study: From #destroythejoint to Far-Reaching Digital Activism-Feminist Revitalization Stemming from Social Media and Reaching Beyond / Jessica McLean McLean, Jessica, Sophia Maalsen Maalsen, Sophia 327

20 Case Study: The "It Gets Better Project" / Laurie Phillips Honda Honda, Laurie Phillips 333

21 Case Study: Terra Incognita-Serendipity and Discovery in the Age of Personalization / Catherine D'Ignazio D'Ignazio, Catherine 341

22 Case Study: Innovation in the Absence of a State-Civic Media and the inclusion of the Marginalized in the Somali Territories / Nicole Stremlau Stremlau, Nicole 349

IV Learning + Engagement 353

23 Capitalists, Consumers, and Communicators: How Schools Approach Civic Education / Renee Hobbs Hobbs, Renee 355

24 Connecting Pedagogies of Civic Media: The Literacies, Connected Civics, and Engagement in Daily Life / Paul Mihailidis Mihailidis, Paul, Roman Gerodimos Gerodimos, Roman 371

25 Youth Agency in Public Spheres: Emerging Tactics, Literacies, and Risk / Elisabeth Soep Soep, Elisabeth 393

26 Case Study: Tracking Traveling Paper Dolls-New Media, Old Media, and Global Youth Engagement in the Flat Stanley Project / Katie Day Good Good, Katie Day 421

27 Case Study: From Website to Weibo-New Media as a Catalyst for Activating the Local Communication Network and Civic Engagement in a Diverse City / Daniela Gerson Gerson, Daniela, Nien-Tsu Nancy Chen Chen, Nien-Tsu Nancy, Sandra Ball-Rokeach Ball-Rokeach, Sandra, Michael Parks Parks, Michael 429

28 Case Study: Becoming Civic-Fracking, Air Pollution, and Environmental Sensing Technologies / Jennifer Gabrys Gabrys, Jennifer, Helen Pritchard Pritchard, Helen, Nerea Calvillo Calvillo, Nerea, Nick Shapiro Shapiro, Nick, Tom Keene Keene, Tom 435

V Community + Action 441

29 Activist DDoS, Community, and the Personal / Molly Sauter Sauter, Molly 443

30 Partnering with Communities and Institutions / Ceasar McDowell McDowell, Ceasar, Melissa Yvonne Chinchilla Chinchilla, Melissa Yvonne 461

31 Community Media Infrastructure as Civic Engagement / Colin Rhinesmith Rhinesmith, Colin 481

32 Case Study: The #YoSoy132 Movement in Mexico / Emiliano Treré Treré, Emiliano 501

33 Case Study: An #EpicFail #FTW-Considering the Discursive Changes and Civic Engagement of #MyNYPD / Sarah Whitcomb Lozier Lozier, Sarah Whitcomb 513

34 Case Study: Pivot-Surreptitious Communications Design for Victims of Human Trafficking / Tad Hirsch Hirsch, Tad 521

35 Case Study: MfdiaNINJA and the Rise of Citizen journalism in Brazil / Stuart Davis Davis, Stuart 527

36 Case Study: Hacking Politics-Civic Struggles to Politicize Technologies / Sebastian Kubitschko Kubitschko, Sebastian 533

VI Research + Funding 537

37 Revisiting the Measurement of Political Participation for the Digital Age / Benjamin Bowyer Bowyer, Benjamin, Joseph Kahne Kahne, Joseph 539

38 Participatory Action Research for Civic Engagement / Marcus Foth Foth, Marcus, Martin Brynskov Brynskov, Martin 563

39 Field-Building in Stages: Funding and Sustainability in Civic Innovation / Valerie Chang Chang, Valerie, Beth Gutelius Gutelius, Beth 581

40 Case Study: Guerrilla Research Tactics-Alternative Research Methods in Urban Environments / Glenda Amayo Caldwell Caldwell, Glenda Amayo, Lindy Osborne Osborne, Lindy, Inger Mewburn Mewburn, Inger, Ben Kraal Kraal, Ben 597

41 Case Study: Hackathons as a Site for Civic loT-Initial Insights / Carl DiSalvo DiSalvo, Carl, ken anderson anderson, ken 605

42 Case Study: Crowdfunding Civic Action-Pimp My Carroça / Rodrigo Davies Davies, Rodrigo 609.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262334242

0262334240

9780262334235

0262334232

9780262334259

0262334259

OCLC:

953032089

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