Transformative Media: Intersectional Technopolitics from Indymedia to #Blacklivesmatter

by Sandra Jeppesen

Book Overview

A behind-the-scenes investigation into how global activists use technology.

In 1999, Seattle activists adopted cutting-edge live stream technology to cover the World Trade Organization protests and forever changed the global justice movement's relationship to media. Transformative Media traces subsequent developments in technopolitics, revealing the innovative digital efforts of activist groups such as #BlackLivesMatter and #MeToo...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774865911
• ISBN13: 9780774865913
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"