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Asian American Connective Action in the Age of Social Media : Civic Engagement, Contested Issues, and Emerging Identities / James S. Lai.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lai, James S., 1968- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Asian Americans--Political activity--Case studies.
- Asian Americans.
- Asian Americans and mass media.
- Civil society--United States.
- Civil society.
- Communication in politics--Technological innovations--United States.
- Communication in politics.
- Internet and activism--United States.
- Internet and activism.
- Internet and activism--United States--Case studies.
- Political participation--Technological innovations.
- Political participation.
- Political participation--Technological innovations--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (228 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Temple University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- "Develops a 'connective action' model for Asian Americans to examine the relationship between social media platforms and civic engagement"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1. Logging On and Getting Civically Connected
- Chapter 2. The Racial Paradox and Emerging Political Contours of Asian Americans: How Connective Action Challenges and Amplifies Them
- Chapter 3. Conceptualizing a Model for Asian American Connective Action
- Chapter 4. Case Study 1: The 2016 Trial of New York Police Department Officer Peter Liang and the Connective Action Mobilization by First Generation Chinese Americans
- Chapter 5. Case Study 2: The Asian American Community's Online and Offline Affirmative Action Battle Over the 2012 California Senate Constitutional Amendment 5 Bill
- Chapter 6. Case Study 3: Data Disaggregation and the 2016 California Assembly Bill 1726: How Connective Action Helped Determine the Narrative and Outcome
- Chapter 7. Case Study 4: The 18 Million Rising Website and Its Role as an Online Conduit for Progressive Asian American Activism
- Chapter 8. Case Study 5: The 2016 California Textbook Controversy: South Asian Americans and the #DontEraseIndia Campaign
- Chapter 9. Case Study 6: Establishing World War II Korean Comfort Women Memorials in U.S. Cities and the Online Mobilization Against Them
- Chapter 10. On the Virtues and Perils of Asian American Connective Action.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781439919101
- 1439919100
- OCLC:
- 1269419935
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