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03516aam a2200469 i 4500 001 C42F8288A5B811ECBC4A196C2DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220317010139 008 210303s2021 mdua b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2021933399 020 $a 1786616394 020 $a 9781786616395 035 $a (OCoLC)1242742130 040 $a UKMGB $b eng $e rda $c UKMGB $d OCLCO $d BDX $d OCLCF $d UAB $d EAU $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 043 $a e-bu--- $a e-bu--- 050 4 $a HM851 $b .B3547 2021 082 04 $a 302.23/1094 $2 23 100 1 $a Bakardjieva, Maria, $d 1959- $e author. 245 10 $a Digital media and the dynamics of civil society : $b retooling citizenship in new EU democracies / $c Maria Bakardjieva, Stina Bengtsson, Göran Bolin and Kjell Engelbrekt. 264 1 $a Lanham : $b Rowman & Littlefield, $c [2021] 300 $a xviii, 258 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 520 $a Digital Media and the Dynamics of Civil Society adds to existing knowledge of the democratizing role of digital media in communication studies by carefully tracing the trajectory of the emergent communicative and representational practices of civil society in a pair of new European democracies--Estonia and Bulgaria--facing distinctive socio-cultural and political challenges. The book combines macro and micro perspectives to illuminate the activities of civic activist and civil society organizations in the new media environment, taking into account the social and cultural developments characteristic of each country. Have digital media contributed to the constitution of a new public space fostering the vitality and democratic potency of civil society in countries where it has suffered historical obstacles? This book addresses this question by traversing the range of personal, group, and societal beliefs, lived experiences and actions unfolding in a concrete region at a time when civic activists around the world are grappling to understand and harness the power of digital communication--back cover. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-248) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- 1. Why Civil Society Again: The Return of an Intellectual Jedi -- 2. Media Landscapes, Digital Infrastructure and Social Imaginary -- 3. Digital Media and the Variable Modes of Participation -- 4. Digital Media and the Variable Modes of Civic Engagement -- 5. Digital Media and the Meanings of Activism -- 6. Facing the Institutions: The Challenges of Transactional Activism -- 7. Uncivil Society Digitized: Expanding Media Repertoires, Mainstreaming Illiberalism -- Conclusion. 650 0 $a Digital media $x Political aspects $z Estonia. 650 0 $a Digital media $x Political aspects $z Bulgaria. 650 0 $a Digital media $x Social aspects $z Estonia. 650 0 $a Digital media $x Social aspects $z Bulgaria. 650 0 $a Civil society $z Estonia. 650 0 $a Civil society $z Bulgaria. 650 7 $a Civil society. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00862876 650 7 $a Digital media $x Political aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01983619 650 7 $a Digital media $x Social aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01766776 651 7 $a Bulgaria. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01212489 651 7 $a Estonia. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01223630 776 08 $i ebook version : $z 9781786616401 700 1 $a Bengtsson, Stina, $d 1971- $e author. 700 1 $a Bolin, GoÌran, $e author. 700 1 $a Engelbrekt, Kjell, $e author. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20230517010617.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C42F8288A5B811ECBC4A196C2DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search