Media practices and Social Movements: Transnational Activism of Marea Granate

This paper aims to investigate the development of migrants as political actors and the appropriation of new media technologies for activism and social change. Through an analysis of digital media practices of migrant activists in Marea Granate in recent years, the concept of transnational activism w...

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Main Author: María José Martínez Martínez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Rey Juan Carlos 2017-10-01
Series:Index Comunicación
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Online Access:http://journals.sfu.ca/indexcomunicacion/index.php/indexcomunicacion/article/view/340
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Summary:This paper aims to investigate the development of migrants as political actors and the appropriation of new media technologies for activism and social change. Through an analysis of digital media practices of migrant activists in Marea Granate in recent years, the concept of transnational activism will be developed in order to provide a new approach to media and migration studies. From a distinctly ethnographic perspective, the methodology includes in-depth interviews with Marea Granate activists and field notes collected through participant observation at the first international Marea Granate meeting, held in Berlin in May 2017.
ISSN:2444-3239
2174-1859