Transnational Protests and the Media

«Transnational Protests and the Media provides a rich and nuanced view of the interconnection between global protest and global communication processes.»
(Giles Dodson, Pacific Journalism Review 17/2 2011)

Simon Cottle is Professor of Media and Communications and Deputy Head of the School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies at Cardiff University. His latest books are Mediatized Conflict (2006) and Global Crisis Reporting (2009) and he is Series Editor of the Global Crises and the Media Series for Peter Lang publishing.
Libby Lester is Associate Professor of Journalism, Media and Communications at the University of Tasmania. She has also worked as a journalist for a number of leading Australian newspapers and magazines. Her most recent book is Media and Environment: Conflict, Politics and the News (2010).

Protest movements are key actors in twenty-first century global politics. How they use media, old and new, and how media treat them, are key questions for everyone who wants to understand protest. This authoritative collection, with impressive coverage of a wide range of issues and regions, is the best place to examine these issues today. (Martin Shaw, Research Professor of International Relations, University of Sussex) As the impact of the internet on the management of political power and authority [...], becomes evermore apparent, this study of the relationship between digital technology and transnational protest provides a wealth of new material for study. Up to date, and global in its scope, this collection adds empirical substance to the intensifying theoretical debate on the impact of the internet on power, protest and political action. A must-read for students of political media in a globalised world. (Brian McNair is Professor of Journalism, Media & Communication, Queensland University of Technology) An important book that advances our understanding of transnational protests. Students of political communication, digital media and social movements will be interested in new thinking from these authors about protest scale, virtual publics, the interactions of digital and mass media, and the role of images in protest narratives, among other topics. This is a first-rate collection that develops new theory and offers a rich set of cases. (Lance Bennett, Professor of Political Science and Ruddick C. Lawrence Professor of Communication, University of Washington, Seattle)