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Forgetting history: mediated reflections on occupy Wall Street
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Abstract This study examines how Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protestors' practices and stated understanding of media act on social perceptions of networked media. It stems from a discursive content analysis of online commentary from OWS protestors and supporters, using different sources from the first Adbusters... view more
This study examines how Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protestors' practices and stated understanding of media act on social perceptions of networked media. It stems from a discursive content analysis of online commentary from OWS protestors and supporters, using different sources from the first Adbusters blog in July 2011 until May 2012. We demonstrate how the belief in the myth of an egalitarian Internet was incorporated into the offline structure of OWS and led OWS participants to adopt rhetoric that distances the movement from past protest actions by stating the movement was "like the Internet".... view less
Keywords
media; logic; mediatization; content analysis; protest movement; social perception; Internet; networking
Classification
Interactive, electronic Media
Interpersonal Communication
Document language
English
Publication Year
2017
Page/Pages
p. 49-58
Journal
Media and Communication, 5 (2017) 3
Issue topic
Acting on media: influencing, shaping and (re)configuring the fabric of everyday life
ISSN
2183-2439
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed