TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schradie,Jen
TI  - The Revolution That Wasn’t: How Digital Activism Favors Conservatives 
SN  - 9780674240438
U1  - 302.23/1 23
PY  - 2019///]
CY  - Cambridge, MA : 
PB  - Harvard University Press, 
KW  - Digital media
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - North Carolina
KW  - Internet and activism
KW  - United States
KW  - Political participation
KW  - History
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Right and left (Political science)
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface: The False Promise of Digital Activism --; Introduction: Public Unions, Patriots, and the Battle for the Internet --; Chapter One. The Great Class Wedge and the Internet’s Hidden Costs --; Chapter Two. Bureaucracy’s Revenge and the Organization of Digital Activism --; Chapter Three. The Right’s Digital Evangelism and Its Boots on the Ground --; Chapter Four. The Left’s Radical Fairness and Its Muted Online Bullhorn --; Conclusion: The Digital Activism Gap’s Threat to Democracy --; Methodological Appendix --; Notes --; Acknowledgments --; Index; restricted access
N2  - In this counterintuitive study of digital democracy, Jen Schradie shows how the web has become another weapon in the arsenal of the powerful, and a potent weapon for conservative activists. Rather than leveling the playing field, the internet has tilted it in favor of the Right, where only the most sophisticated and well-funded players can compete
UR  - https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674240438
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674240438
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