From Multitude to Crowds: Collective Action and the Media

Series: passagem - Volume 8

Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2015. 268 pp.

ISBN 978-3-631-66802-3 hb. (Hardcover and ebook)

From Multitude to Crowds: Collective Action and the Media presents a study of collective action in the 21^st century. Experts from Sociology, Political Science, Philosophy, Political Communication and Media Studies offer a multidisciplinary approach to social formations in contemporary collective action. The various contributions discuss the relevance of media and communications in social movements and how social mobilization has changed in mediatized societies.