Oppositional and activist new media: remediation, reconfiguration, participation

Over the last decade, the major firms and cultural institutions that have dominated media and information industries in the U.S. and globally have been challenged by people adopting new technologies to intervene and participate in mainstream media culture. In this paper key genres and features of oppositional and activist new media are described and cases are presented, and their implications for participatory design are briefly outlined. Author Keywords New media, access, indymedia, social networks, hacktivism, alternative media, policy, Internet, activism, intellectual property, digital arts, social movements ACM Classification Keywords A.0 General: Conference proceedings; H.5.4 Hypertext/Hypermedia---User issues; J.5 Arts and Humanities: Fine arts, Performing arts; K.4.1 Computers and Society: Public policy issues; K.4.2 Computers and Society: Social issues; K.5.1 Legal Aspects of Computing: Hardware/software protection; K.5.2 Legal Aspects of Computing: Governmental issues; K.5.m ...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: PDC
• Authors: Leah A. Lievrouw
• Keywords: Legal Aspects, Mainstream Media Culture, Paper Key Genres, PDC 2006, Theoretical Computer Science