Protest Logics and the Mediation Opportunity Structure

Authors

  • Bart Cammaerts Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1982-8160.v7i2p13-36

Keywords:

Protest movements, mediation, opportunity structures, activism, communication strategies

Abstract

In this article the gap between research and theory on social movements and media and communication Studies is bridged. A conceptual framework is presented that relates both to social movement theory by referring to the political opportunity structure approach and logics of contentious action as well as to media and communication studies through the concept of mediation. It will be argued that mediation is a fruitful concept to encompass a wide variety of ways in which media and communication are relevant to protest and social movements.

 

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Author Biography

  • Bart Cammaerts, Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
    Associate professor and director of the PhD program in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He is the former chair of the Communication and Democracy Section of ECREA and vice-chair of the Communication Policy and Technology section of IAMCR. His most recent books include: Mediation and Protest Movements (eds with Alice Matoni and Patrick McCurdy, intellect, 2013), Media Agoras: Democracy, Diversity and Communication (eds with Iñaki Garcia-Blanco and Sofie Van Bauwel, Cambridge Scholars Publisher, 2009), Internet-Mediated Participation beyond the Nation State (Manchester University Press, 2008) and Understanding Alternative Media (with Olga Bailey and Nico Carpentier, Open University Press, 2008).

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Published

2013-12-06

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 2 (2013)

Section

Dossier

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How to Cite

Cammaerts, B. (2013). Protest Logics and the Mediation Opportunity Structure. MATRIZes, 7(2), 13-36. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1982-8160.v7i2p13-36