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"" Art, Activism, and Oppositionality: Essays from Afterimage. By Grant Kester. With essays that span fifteen years, this book confronts issues ranging from arts patronage, pedagogy, and the very definitions of art and activism to struggles involving AIDS, reproductive rights, sexuality, and racial identity. More...

"" Future Active: Media Activism and the Internet. By Graham Meikle. This book explores how hackers, culture jammers, and media activists have not only incorporated recent technology as a tool for change, but also redefined what counts as activism. More...

"" Global Activism, Global Media. By Wilma de Jong, Martin Shaw, Neil Stammers, and Wilma De Jong. This book brings together activists and academics in one volume, to explore the theory and practice of global activism's relation to all forms of media, mainstream and otherwise. More...

"" Image Politics: The New Rhetoric of Environmental Activism. By Kevin Michael DeLuca. From Greenpeace protesters confronting whaling ships to Earth First! activists occupying trees to stop logging, radical environmentalists increasingly rely upon attracting mass media coverage to gain visibility and public support. This book examines the use of "image events" as a rhetorical tactic, one that often supplants written or spoken arguments. More...

"" Insurgency Online: Web Activism and Global Conflict. By Michael Y. Dartnell. This book contends that the development of online activism has far-reaching social and political implications, with parallels to the influence of the invention of the printing press, the telegraph, and the radio. More...

"" Prime Time Activism: Media Strategies for Grassroots Organizing. By Charlotte Ryan. An essential primer for all grassroots activists, this book demystifies the media in such a way that the reader-activist gains a framework for understanding the propaganda industry of the United States. More...

"" Public Television: Politics and the Battle over Documentary Film. By B. J. Bullert. An investigation of the complicated interplay of public television's needs and interests and their impact on independent documentary film. More...

"" Video for Change: A Guide for Advocacy and Activism. By Sam Gregory, Gillian Caldwell, Ronit Avni, Thomas Harding, and Peter Gabriel. This book combines inspiration with practical advice to guide activists through the process of using video to advocate for social justice. More...

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