155 ICTs, (Digital) Media, and Anti-Austerity Protests

Thursday, July 9, 2015: 11:00 AM-12:45 PM
S12 (13 rue de l'Université)
ICTs and digital media form a central part of social movement communication strategies, but to what extent does their use vary across contexts? In this panel we would like to explore the use of ICTs and digital media in the recent European anti-austerity protests to better understand their strategic uses in social movement communication, both internal and external.  Papers addressing their use and how it interfaced with the organizational, identity, and cultural dimensions of social movements, as well as their interaction with other media technologies and outlets are welcome. Attention to the specific impacts their use had for protest (both positive and negative) is also welcome. Comparative papers or those addressing diffusion processes are also welcome if they clearly engage some of the dimensions above.
Discussant :
Cristina Flesher Fominaya
#Rbnews: A Case of Hashtag Use By Alternative Media in Austerity-Ridden Greece
Nikos Smyrnaios, University of Toulouse; Michail Batikas, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Social Networking Sites in Spaces of Occupation in Anti-Austerity Movements
Christine Emeran, The New School for Social Research
Protest Spaces Online and Offline: The Indignant Movement in Syntagma Square
Anastasia Kavada, University of Westminster; Orsalia Dimitriou, Goldsmiths College
The Role of ICTs in Anti-Austerity Protest Media Ecologies: A Comparative Analysis of Communication Flows in Southern Europe.
Alice Mattoni, European University Institute; Sandra Jeppesen, Lakehead University Orillia
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