Rethinking mobile media tactics in protests: A comparative case study of Hong Kong and Malawi

Mutsvairo, B; Harris, S

Rethinking mobile media tactics in protests: A comparative case study of Hong Kong and Malawi

Mutsvairo, B

Harris, S

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Publisher:: Springer
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Citation:: Mobile Media, Civic Engagement and Civic Activism in Asia. Private Chat to Public Communication, 2016, pp. 215 - 231
Issue Date:: 2016

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dc.contributor.author	Mutsvairo, B https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7912-5874	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Harris, S	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Wan, R	en_US
dc.date.issued	2016	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Mobile Media, Civic Engagement and Civic Activism in Asia. Private Chat to Public Communication, 2016, pp. 215 - 231	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	978-94-024-0915-4	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/122166
dc.description.abstract	This chapter examines two case studies–the Umbrella Revolution in Hong Kong, and the July 20th protest in Malawi—to explore whether and how political activism through smartphone dissent networks enhances civic engagement. By probing the vitality, potentiality and ability of new communication and technological changes driving online civil action across the African continent, we explore what lessons countries can take from digitally-negotiated civil disobedience protests. The chapter will also discuss and theorize mobile media activism within social and geo-political realms, analyzing specific cases from Asia about the extent to which they have implications for understanding the changing dynamics of mobile media activism in sub-Saharan Africa. This chapter enriches and adds new dimensions to the current debates on the role of mobile media in political activism in a comparative light.	en_US
dc.publisher	Springer	en_US
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dc.title	Rethinking mobile media tactics in protests: A comparative case study of Hong Kong and Malawi	en_US
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Abstract:

This chapter examines two case studies–the Umbrella Revolution in Hong Kong, and the July 20th protest in Malawi—to explore whether and how political activism through smartphone dissent networks enhances civic engagement. By probing the vitality, potentiality and ability of new communication and technological changes driving online civil action across the African continent, we explore what lessons countries can take from digitally-negotiated civil disobedience protests. The chapter will also discuss and theorize mobile media activism within social and geo-political realms, analyzing specific cases from Asia about the extent to which they have implications for understanding the changing dynamics of mobile media activism in sub-Saharan Africa. This chapter enriches and adds new dimensions to the current debates on the role of mobile media in political activism in a comparative light.

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