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Informationen zum Autor Edited by Renee Guarriello Heath; Courtney Vail Fletcher and Ricardo Munoz - Foreword by David Osborn - Contributions by William Barnes; Keeler Brynteson; Priya Kapoor; Jennette Lovejoy; erin daina mcclellan; Majia Holmer Nadesan and Doug Tewksbury Klappentext The book provides a comprehensive analysis of the Occupy movement using various communication theory perspectives. It considers global and local contexts of the movement from its cultural and economic roots to the views of participants, city officials, newspapers and social media. It grapples with how these perspectives represent romantic, practical, and critical understandings of the movement. Zusammenfassung The book provides a comprehensive analysis of the Occupy movement using various communication theory perspectives. It considers global and local contexts of the movement from its cultural and economic roots to the views of participants! city officials! newspapers and social media. It grapples with how these perspectives represent romantic! practical! and critical understandings of the movement. Inhaltsverzeichnis ForewordDavid OsbornIntroduction: Engaging Occupy: An Introduction to Romantic, Practical, and Critical PerspectivesRenee Guarriello Heath and C. Vail FletcherPart 1: Situating Occupy Globally: the Cultural and Economic ContextChapter 1: A Genealogy of Occupy within Transnational Contexts, and Communication ResearchPriya Kapoor Chapter 2: We are the 99 percent: Occupy and the Economics of DiscontentWilliam BarnesChapter 3: Neofuedalism and the Financial Crisis: Implications for Occupy Wall StreetMajia Holmer NadesanPart 2: Local Interpretations of Occupy PortlandChapter 4: Confessional Tales from the Field: Owning Researcher Methods and Positionality Renee Guarriello Heath, Ricardo V. Munoz, and C. Vail FletcherChapter 5: Finding the Space Between: Participative Democracy, Consensus Decision-Making and a Leaderful/less MovementRenee Guarriello HeathChapter 6: Globalization from Below: Discourses of Horizontalism, Direct Action, and ViolenceRicardo V. MunozChapter 7: (De) Colonization and Collective Identity: Intersections and Negotiations of Gender, Race, and Class in OccupyC. Vail FletcherPart 3: Re(presentations) and Revelations: Occupy MediatedChapter 8: Violence, Bias, or Fair Journalism? Understanding Portland Media Coverage of an Episodic Protest Jennette Lovejoy and Keeler BryntesonChapter 9: An "Official" Account: Delivering Occupy Portland's Eviction Notice erin daina mcclellan Chapter 10: Interconnected Discontent: Social Media and Social Capital in the Occupy MovementDoug Tewksbury...