Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2014
Keywords
New media technology, urban social movements, collective identity, movement building, class formation, radio
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14742837.2013.831755
Abstract
This starts out by distinguishing between communication and communication mediums when examining social movement-powered formations of collective identity and collective action. We then focus on communication mediums to examine the different ways that old and new media are utilized in urban social movements under neoliberal capitalism. Based on shifts in the political economy and correspondingly in the contemporary composition of the working class, we focus on the Media Mobilizing Project in Philadelphia to argue that contemporary urban social movements and networks utilize a multi-media platform to further class-based politics. The respective use of old or new media depends on important contextual questions, regarding technology access and geographic aspects of movement building work.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Social Movement Studies: Journal of Social, Cultural and Political Protest, v. 13, no. 3, p. 349-364.
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Social Movement Studies: Journal of Social, Cultural and Political Protest on 19 Sep 2013, available online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14742837.2013.831755.
Scholar Commons Citation
Funke, Peter N. and Wolfson, Todd, "Class In-Formation: The Intersection of Old and New Media in Contemporary Urban Social Movements" (2014). Government and International Affairs Faculty Publications. 120.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/gia_facpub/120
