Nothing down by Allen

Nothing down by Allen

This book is an extensive investigation of the complexities, ambiguities and shortcomings of contemporary digital activism. The author deconstructs the reductionism of the literature on social movements and communication, proposing a new conceptual vocabulary based on practices, ecologies, imaginaries and algorithms to account for　the communicative complexity of protest movements. Drawing on extensive fieldwork on social movements, collectives and political parties in Spain, Italy and Mexico, this book disentangles the hybrid nature of contemporary activism. It shows how activists operate merging the physical and the digital, the human and the non-human, the old and the new, the internal and the external, the corporate and the alternative.

The author illustrates the ambivalent character of contemporary digital activism, demonstrating that media imaginaries can be either used to conceal authoritarianism, or to reimagine democracy. The book looks at both side of algorithmic power, shedding light on strategies of repression and propaganda, and scrutinizing manifestations of algorithms as appropriation and resistance.

The author analyses the way in which digital activism is not an immediate solution to intricate political problems, and argues that it can only be effective when a set of favourable social, political, and cultural conditions align.

Assessing whether digital activism can generate and sustain long-term processes of social and political change, this book will be of interest to students and scholars researching radical politics, social movements, digital activism, political participation and current affairs more generally.

Allen, Robert G.: - Robert Allen is one of the most influential investment advisors of all time and has authored several bestselling personal finance books including Multiple Streams of Income, Nothing Down, Cracking the Millionaire Code, The One-Minute Millionaire: The Enlightened Way to Wealth (coauthored with Mark Victor Hansen), and Cash in a Flash: Fast Money in Slow Times (also coauthored with Mark Victor Hansen). Robert conducts a series of investment and personal development seminars through his company, Enlightened Wealth Institute. A popular talk-show guest, Robert Allen has appeared on hundreds of programs, including Good Morning America, Your World with Neil Cavuto, and Larry King Live. He has also been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Barron's Money Magazine, and Reader's Digest.

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ISBN 13	9780671725587
ISBN 10	0671725580
Title	Nothing down
Author	Allen
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
Year published	1990-11-15
Number of pages	362
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