Toward new possibilities for library and information science : the use of social media in the 2018 West Virginia teachers' strike / Scott Sikes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sikes, Scott, author.

Series:

Advances in librarianship ; Volume 51.

Advances in librarianship ; Volume 51

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public libraries.

Social media and society.

Strikes and lockouts--Libraries.

Strikes and lockouts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (165 pages)

Place of Publication:

Bingley, England : Emerald Publishing, [2023]

Summary:

The 2018 West Virginia teachers' strike in the USA exemplifies the changing shape of dissent and protest in the digital age. The use of social media has changed the ways such events develop, offering new tools for organizing, strategizing, generating large numbers of participants, and for communicating crucial information.

Contents:

Intro

Halftitle Page

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Series Editor's Introduction

About the Author

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Issues of Social Justice in LIS Scholarship and Education

Research and the Appalachian Region

Aims and Objectives

Chapter 1: Mystery and Wonder

Higher Education and the Marketplace

The Contradictions of My Own Position

The Pursuit of Knowledge

The Question of Academic Disciplines and the LIS Perspective

Dialectical Thinking, Critical Inquiry, and Transcendence

A Reflective Journey

Chapter 2: The Strike and Issues of Social Media

Understanding Collective Action

The Decline of Institutions and the Rise of Social Media

Appalachian Identity and Resistance

Theoretical Implications for the Field of LIS

Collective Action and LIS

Collective Identity and LIS

Chapter 3: Theoretical and Epistemological Frameworks

Collective Action and Social Movements

Overcoming the Problem of Self-Interest

Rationalism, Modernity, and Its Discontents

False Dichotomies

Meaning in Contradiction: Dialectical Thinking and the Critical Perspective

Technology and Social Movements

Techno-Centrism and the Modern World

Social Media and Contemporary Social Movements

Implications for Collective Action

Social Media and the Promise of Democracy

A Critical Perspective of Social Media and Protest

Collective Identity, Place, and Refusal

Collective Identity and Social Movements

Social Media and Identity

Place-Based Identity

Imagined Appalachia and Refusal/Resistance

Chapter 4: The Puzzle of Academic Research

Slaying the Positivist Father

A Critical Perspective and the Methodological Conundrum

Immanent Transcendence

Sociopolitical Positionality

Building the Bricolage.

Using Qualitative and Interpretivist Methods for Critical Inquiry

The Spirit of Ethnography

Methods of Research

Sampling and Procedures

Data Analysis

Unruly Doubts and Tumultuous Realities

Chapter 5: Telling the Story

The Importance of Storytelling

Assembling the Story

Telling the Story

Part II: Talking About the Union Can Be Complicated

Part III: Caught in the Middle

Part IV: It's the Insurance

Part V: On Strike

Part VI: A Page Went Up on Facebook

Part VII: All the Information They Had

Part VIII: Where Are You Going to Be?

Part IX: 15 Things Could Happen in 10 Minutes

Part X: #55Strong

Part XI: The Bigger Picture

Part XII: It Was About the Kids

Processing the Story

The Role of Social Media in the Strike

The Impact of Social Media on the Strike

A Sense of Collective Identity

Chapter 6: Beyond Rationalism

Social Media and the Strike

The Strike as a Successful Failure

The Importance of Collective Identity

The Transcendent Moment

Chapter 7: A Reflective Journey

Research in the Midst of a Global Pandemic

A Particular Form of Torture

Toward New Possibilities

Embracing Our Humanity

Embracing Creativity

Embracing Connection

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Sikes, Scott Toward New Possibilities for Library and Information Science

ISBN:

9781803823812