The Revolution That Wasn't - How Digital Activism Favors Conservatives

In this counterintuitive study of digital democracy, Jen Schradie shows how the web has become another weapon in the arsenal of the powerful, and a potent weapon for conservative activists. Rather than leveling the playing field, the internet has tilted it in favor of the Right, where only the most sophisticated and well-funded players can compete.

About the author

Jen Schradie is a sociologist and Assistant Professor at the Observatoire sociologique du changement at Sciences Po in Paris. Her work has been featured on CNN and the BBC and in the New Yorker, Washington Post, Time, Daily Beast, and Buzzfeed, among other media. She was awarded the Public Sociology Alumni Prize at the University of California, Berkeley, and has directed six documentary films.

Summary

In this counterintuitive study of digital democracy, Jen Schradie shows how the web has become another weapon in the arsenal of the powerful, and a potent weapon for conservative activists. Rather than leveling the playing field, the internet has tilted it in favor of the Right, where only the most sophisticated and well-funded players can compete.

Product details

• Authors: Jen Schradie
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9780674972339
• ISBN: 978-0-674-97233-9
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 242 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social Media, Ethnic Studies, Völkerkunde, Media, Soziale und ethische Themen, Demokratische Ideologien: Liberalismus, Mitte, Soziale Medien / Soziale Netzwerke, Politische Strukturen und Prozesse, Konservatismus, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, Demokratische Ideologien: Konservativismus, Mitte-rechts, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, Social Network, Soziales Netzwerk, Liberalismus - Neoliberalismus, Ethnologie - Ethnisch, Ethnografie - Ethnographie, Englische Bücher / Politik- u. Sozialwissenschaft, Politik / Medien, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Media & Internet, Political structure & processes, Social issues & processes, Social networking, Social media / social networking, Social and ethical issues, COMPUTERS / Internet / Social Media, Political structure and processes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General