عنوان

The New Social Imaginary vs. the Education Activist: Social Media as a Conduit for Protest and Resistance

Number

TL49247

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

The New Social Imaginary vs. the Education Activist: Social Media as a Conduit for Protest and Resistance

General Material Designation

[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Elizabeth Lynch

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Goodman, Debra

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Hofstra University

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2017

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

310

Text of Note

Committee members: Altwerger, Bess; Flurkey, Alan D.; McGinnis, Theresa; Phillips, Sharon R.

Text of Note

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-369-56411-2

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

Ed.D.

Discipline of degree

Literacy Studies

Body granting the degree

Hofstra University

Text preceding or following the note

2017

Text of Note

Social media has created a new generation of activism. Taking the lead from political activists who have been using social media as a means of protest and resistance across the globe, education activists increasingly rely on new literacy practices such as blogs, memes, Twitter, YouTube videos, and Facebook groups as a means to organize and mobilize. Just as Facebook and Twitter were instrumental in the Arab Spring Protests and Occupy Wall Street Movements in 2011, education activists now utilize social media tools and platforms to protest and resist policies driven by corporate led education reform. Focusing on social media based education activism in the United States, this study sought to determine how three digitally enabled education activist groups function as communities of practice and to consider their strengths and pitfalls. Within these groups, social media has served to function as a space for educating members, for sharing narratives, and for organizing for offline actions of protest and resistance. At the same time, these groups can be prone to disorders that can impact their effectiveness, such as self-interest, lack of shared identity, and an expectation of uniform thinking by members of a group, sometimes leading to internal strife.

Education; Political science; Web Studies

Subject Term

Social sciences;Communication and the arts;Education;Facebook;Memes;New literacy practices;Social media;Twitter;Youtube

Islam, Mohammad Shahedul

Goodman, Debra

Subdivision

Literacy Studies

Hofstra University

Call Number

1875238459; 10256594

Electronic name

p

[Thesis]

276903

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