Social Movements and ICTs: Addressing Complexity and Contingency
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Open access
Authors
Gill, Gerard Andrew
Date
2017Supervisor
Dr Lisa Hartley
Type
Thesis
Award
PhD
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Humanities
School
Centre for Human Rights Education
Collection
Abstract
It is hard to deny that how Information and Communication Technologies are used by social movements is an issue of great importance. However, it is equally difficult to ascribe meaning to such use - it remains a contested topic within academia and in popular media. In this thesis I develop, demonstrate, and test a unique approach to studying ICT use in social movements which is informed by complexity theory and phronetic social science.
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