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From Slacktivism to Hacktivism: The Rhetoric of Technology and Social Change

PWR 2EPA - Spring 2015 - Instructor: Polk, E.
Last Updated: 30-Mar-2015

A guide to resources for PWR 2EPA: From Slacktivism to Hacktivism: The Rhetoric of Technology and Social Change

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Subjects

Communication and journalism

(1) Background/Reference Sources

Use these sources to help you pick a topic and to provide context to your research based argument.

Activism! : direct action, hacktivism and the future of society / Tim Jordan.
London : Reaktion Books, 2002.
Green Library » Stacks » HM881 .J67 2002
Adversarial design / Carl DiSalvo.
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2012.
Art & Architecture Library (Bowes) » Stacks » NK1520 .D57 2012
The alternative media handbook / Kate Coyer, Tony Dowmunt and Alan Fountain.
London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.
Green Library » Information Center » P96 .A44 C69 2007
Culture wars : an encyclopedia of issues, viewpoints, and voices / Roger Chapman, editor.
Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2010.
Green Library » Information Center » HM1121 .C85 2010 V.1
Digitally enabled social change : activism in the Internet age / Jennifer Earl and Katrina Kimport.
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2011.
Green Library » Stacks » HM851 .E23 2011
Encyclopedia of politics, the media, and popular culture / Brian Cogan and Tony Kelso.
Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood Press, c2009.
Green Library » Information Center » P95.82 .U6 C62 2009
Encyclopedia of social movement media / John D.H. Downing, editor.
Los Angeles : SAGE Reference, c2011.
Green Library » Information Center » P96 .A44 E53 2011
also available online
Expect us : online communities and political mobilization / Jessica L. Beyer.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
The international encyclopedia of media studies / general editor, Angharad N. Valdivia.
Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.
Green Library » Information Center » P87.5 .I585 2013 V.1
The international encyclopedia of revolution and protest : 1500 to the present / edited by Immanuel Ness.
Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, c2009.
Green Library » Information Center » JC491 .I58 2009 V.1
Online advocacy or slacktivism? : new technologies in international human rights advocacy / by Camila Soto Mourraille.
Law Library (Crown) » Archives: Ask at circulation desk » 3781 2014 S
E-book
The Oxford handbook of information and communication technologies / edited by Robin Mansell ... [et al.].
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Green Library » Information Center » HM851 .O98 2007
See especially chapter: ICTs and political movements 

(2) Subject Search Terms (Searchworks)

Try these general search terms in Searchworks, and in article databases. 

Social Movements
Social Change
Digital media Social aspects
Information technology Political aspects
Information technology Social aspects

(3) Selected e-journals for articles on digital media

Computers in human behavior.
Elmsford, N.Y. : Pergamon Press, c1985-
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » BF1 .C65 V.25:NO.1 2009
Global media and communication [electronic resource].
London ; Thousand Oaks, CA : SAGE Publications, c2005-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
International journal of media and cultural politics.
Bristol : Intellect, c2005-
Green Library » Current periodicals
The journal of e-media studies [electronic resource].
Hanover, NH : Dartmouth College, Dept. of Film and Television Studies
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Journal of new communications research.
Palo Alto, Calif. : SNCR Press
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Policy & internet [electronic resource].
Berkeley, CA : Berkeley Electronic Press [Hoboken, NJ] : Wiley
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource

(4) Selected databases and websites

Suggested databases

Academic search premier [electronic resource].
Ipswich, MA : EBSCO Pub.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
A multidisciplinary database which provides full-text for over 4,650 scholarly publications, more than 3,600 of them peer-reviewed. Includes topics in the social sciences, humanities, general science, education and most areas of academic study. Abstracts and indexing provided for 8,200 journals in the collection. Coverage is from 1965 to the present.
Access world news [electronic resource] : the ultimate news archive.
Chester, Vt. : NewsBank, inc.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Provides full-text information and perspectives from over 600 U.S. and over 700 international sources, each with its own distinctive focus offering diverse viewpoints on local, regional and world issues. Date coverage varies with individual newspaper. Also includes thousands of broadcast transcripts, newswires, video clips, and news blogs.
Communication studies [electronic resource] : a SAGE full-text collection.
Bethesda, Md. : Cambridge Scientific Abstracts ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, [200-?]-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Congressional publications [electronic resource].
[Bethesda, Md.] : Congressional Information Service ; [Miamisburg, Ohio] : Proquest
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
PAIS international in print.
New York, N.Y. : Public Affairs Information Service, Inc., 1991-
Green Library » Information Center » Z7163 .P3 V.24 PT.2 2015
This database is good for scholarly articles on public policy.
PolicyFile [electronic resource] : public policy research and analysis.
Alexandria, VA : Chadwyck-Healey, [199-]-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Contains working papers from biases and unbiased think tanks, NGOs and government organizations.
ProQuest. Research library [electronic resource].
[Ann Arbor, Mich.] : ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
SSRN Working Paper Series
Social Science Research Network
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Really interesting site - working papers - some shared only with members of SSRN - very current stuff
Worldwide political science abstracts [electronic resource].
[Bethesda, Md.] : Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, 2001-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration/policy

Selected websites

2014 USC Annenberg Digital Future Study
Pew Internet & American Life Project
(Search for "Internet and American Life".) Pew Internet explores the impact of the internet on children, families, communities, the work place, schools, health care and civic/political life. The Project is nonpartisan and takes no position on policy issues."
Social Media Examiner
"Offering a unique single source of knowledge, the site contains comprehensive articles and videos on how to use the best social media tools, along with original case studies, reviews of the latest industry research and advice direct from the world’s leading experts."
Society for New Communications Research
"The Society for New Communications Research is a global nonprofit 501(c)(3) think tank dedicated to the advanced study of the latest developments in new media and communications, and their effect on traditional media and business models, communications, culture and society."