"The intersection of virtual and physical spaces at the heart of contemporary political protests is a pivotal element in new practices of activism. In this new and global ecology of dissent and activism, different forces, stakeholders, and spaces, once defiantly discordant, come together to define the increasingly malleable nature and terms of participatory politics and the performance of democracy. This book explores the emerging sites, aesthetics and politics of contemporary dissent as a critical attempt to foreground their mediation and negotiation in an era of neoliberal globalization. Contemporary forms of media activism occupy deeply ambivalent spaces, which Ardizzoni analyzes using the lens of what she calls ""matrix activism."" Rather than confining the analysis to a single platform, a single technology, or a single social actor, matrix activism allows us to explain the hybrid nature of new forms of dissent and resistance, as they are located at the intersection of alternative and mainstream, non-profit and corporate, individual and social, production and consumption, online and offline."
By:
Michela Ardizzoni Imprint: Routledge Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Weight: 453g ISBN:9780367877200 ISBN 10: 0367877201 Series:Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies Pages: 170 Publication Date:10 December 2019 Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Michela Ardizzoni is Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
Reviews for Matrix Activism: Global Practices of Resistance
Finally a book that goes beyond essentializing critique to offer a subtle analysis of global media activism. --R. Trebor Scholz, The New School, USA