Global Activism, Global Media

Introduction Part One: Global Civil Society, Global Public Sphere and Global Activism 1. Networks of Knowledge and Practice: Global Civil Society and Global Communications Ronnie D. Lipschutz Professor of Politics and Associate Director of the Center for Global, International and Regional Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz 2. Media and the (Global) Public Sphere: An Evaluative Approach Colin Sparks Professor of Media Studies and Director of the Communication and Media Research Institute at the University of Westminster 3. Social Movements and Global Activism Neil Stammers Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Sussex and Catherine Eschle Lecturer in the Department of Government at the University of Strathclyde 4. Between a Political-Institutional Past and a Communicational-Networked Future? Reflections on the Third World Social Forum, 2003 Peter Waterman former researcher and senior lecturer at the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in The Hague (The Netherlands); Postscript by Marianne Maeckelberg doctoral student at the University of Sussex 5. My Life as an Activist; from Shop Steward to Internet Activist Sarah Berger"" CND activist Part Two: Global Activism and Mainstream Media 6. Dying for Diamonds: The Mainstream Media and NGOs- A Case Study of Action Aid Ivor Gaber former Professor of Broadcast Journalism at Goldsmiths College, University of London and Alice Wynne Willson Head of media relations for ActionAid 7. Limits and Possibilities of Media-based Oppositional Politics; Greenpeace versus Shell; The Brent Spar Conflict Wilma de Jong Lecturer in Media Theory and Production at the University of Sussex 8. The World Development Movement: Access and Representation of Globalization-Activism in the Mainstream Press Dave Timms Press Officer of the World Development Movement 9. Peace Activism and Western Wars: Social Movements in Mass-Mediated Global Politics Martin Shaw Professor of International Relations and Politics at the University of Sussex Part Three: Global Activism and Activist Media 10. Activist Media, Civil Society and Social Movements John Downing Director of the Global Media Research Center in the College of Mass Communication and Media Arts, Southern Illinois University 11. If It Leads It Bleads: The Participatory Newsmaking of the Independent Media Centre Kate Coyer Visiting tutor in the Department of Media and Communications at Goldsmiths College, University of London 12. Transgender Activism and the Net: Global Activism or Casualty of Globalization. Kate O Riordan Lecturer in Media, Culture and Communication Studies in the department of Continuing Education at the University of Sussex 13. Bridging the Gap: From the Margins to the Mainstream Pollyanna Ruiz Doctoral student at Sussex University 14. Civil Society Organisations and the Internet: the Case of Amnesty International, Oxfam and the World Development Movement Anastasia Kavada - Doctorate student at the School of Media, Arts and Design of the University of Westminster Index