Description
With the ubiquitous nature of modern technologies, they have been inevitably integrated into various facets of society. The connectivity presented by digital platforms has transformed such innovations into tools for political and social agendas.
Politics, Protest, and Empowerment in Digital Spaces is a comprehensive reference source for emerging scholarly perspectives on the use of new media technology to engage people in socially- and politically-oriented conversations and examines communication trends in these virtual environments. Highlighting relevant coverage across topics such as online free expression, political campaigning, and online blogging, this book is ideally designed for government officials, researchers, academics, graduate students, and practitioners interested in how new media is revolutionizing political and social communications.
Author's/Editor's Biography
Yasmin Ibrahim (Ed.)
Yasmin Ibrahim is a Reader in International Business and Communications at Queen Mary, University of London. She researches on new media technologies exploring the cultural dimensions and social implications in the appropriation of ICTs in different contexts and has written on a diverse range of
issues which affect humanity and society through our everyday interactions. Her forthcoming book on
The Politics of Gaze; Image Capture and Consumption on Digital Media with Intellect examines human
vulnerabilities in the digital age when the body embedded with mobile technologies is burdened through
new forms of subjectivity where it becomes part data and part content. Beyond new media and digital
technologies, she writes on political communication and political mobilization from cultural perspectives.
Her other research interests include globalization, migration, Islam, visual culture, and memory studies.
She is a visiting professor at MYRA School of Business in Mysore, India.