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Zusatztext This book is very rich in its philosophical thinking! which readers interested in political mobilization! civic discourse! and networked publics may find inspiring. It also offers researchers and professionals a foundation for further research and practice via testing the propositions presented. Informationen zum Autor Zizi Papacharissi is Professor and Head of the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois-Chicago. She is also the author of A Private Sphere and editor of A Networked Self and the Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media. Klappentext Digital technologies network us but it is our stories that connect us to each other, making us feel close to some and distancing us from others. Affective Publics explores how storytelling practices on Twitter facilitate affective engagement for publics tuning into a current issue or event by employing three case studies: Arab Spring movements, various iterations of Occupy, and everyday casual political expressions as traced through the archives of trendingtopics on Twitter. Zusammenfassung Over the past few decades! we have witnessed the growth of movements using digital means to connect with broader interest groups and express their points of view. These movements emerge out of distinct contexts and yield different outcomes! but tend to share one thing in common: online and offline solidarity shaped around the public display of emotion. Social media facilitate feelings of engagement! in ways that frequently make people feel re-energized aboutpolitics. In doing so! media do not make or break revolutions but they do lend emerging! storytelling publics their own means for feeling their way into events! frequently by making those involved a part of the developing story. Technologies network us but it is our stories that connect us to each other!making us feel close to some and distancing us from others. Affective Publics explores how storytelling practices facilitate engagement among movements tuning into a current issue or event by employing three case studies: Arab Spring movements! various iterations of Occupy! and everyday casual political expressions as traced through the archives of trending topics on Twitter. It traces how affective publics materialize and disband around connective conduits of sentiment every day and find their voice through the soft structures of feelingsustained by societies. Using original quantitative and qualitative data! Affective Publics demonstrates! in this groundbreaking analysis! that it is through these soft structures that affective publics connect! disrupt! and feel their way into everyday politics. ...
