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Protest rhetoric has always provided a prime example of how communication can work to change the human condition, but strategies of protest have evolved as the United States has transformed into an information economy. Although protest... more
Protest rhetoric has always provided a prime example of how communication can work to change the human condition, but strategies of protest have evolved as the United States has transformed into an information economy. Although protest remains “on the streets,” it has also moved into the digital realm. This essay builds on the work of Franklyn Haiman by considering the ethical and rhetorical dimensions of hacktivism (politically motivated computer hacking). After briefly tracing the historical development of hacktivism, I discuss several recent politically motivated website defacements and denial of service attacks, concluding that Haiman’s argument that the rhetoric of the streets should be held to different rhetorical and ethical standards still holds true in the online world.
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Social Movements, Social Sciences, Movement for actors, Social Identity, Social Movement, and 31 moreedit
As opposed to the verbal enthymeme of the orator, the logical enthymeme of the analytical philosopher, or the symbolic enthymeme of the social constructionist, the enthymeme developed in this paper is ontological. It defines the... more
As opposed to the verbal enthymeme of the orator, the logical enthymeme of the analytical philosopher, or the symbolic enthymeme of the social constructionist, the enthymeme developed in this paper is ontological. It defines the possibility of interactivity in social movement while superseding the conventional distinction between object and subject, physis and nomos, things and human access to them. The payoff of such an enthymeme is a strengthened rhetoric that accounts for the persuasiveness of bodily acts where bodies and the networks they inhabit are allowed a material-semiotic agency. It provides a model for a rhetoric that might, in the words of Bruno Latour, “retie the Gordian knot by crisscrossing… the divide that separates exact knowledge and the exercise of power – let us say nature and culture” (“Modern” 3).
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How can we conceive of these times, after the Arab Spring and the protests that engulfed the world since 2011? The answer, I propose here, should be sought not in ‘the search for an essence hidden behind human activities’, but rather ‘the... more
How can we conceive of these times, after the Arab Spring and the protests that engulfed the world since 2011? The answer, I propose here, should be sought not in ‘the search for an essence hidden behind human activities’, but rather ‘the surface aspects that give them meaning and significance’ (Tully 1999: 163). In other words, the meaning of the Social Protest – encompassing the events of the ‘Arab Spring’, the encampments of 15M in Spain and the Tents Protest in Israel, and the Occupy Movements in democratic capitalistic regimes – needs to be construed not from explanatory frameworks that left us misinformed on the possibility of a protest of this magnitude until the very moment of its eruption. Instead, it is perhaps timely to focus on the actors themselves, to explore their vocabulary and to listen to the words they weave into their actions (Emmerich 2011).
""With innovative but growingly militant communication campaigns, Britain's suffragettes fought for women's civil and suffrage rights. The extraordinary movement politics pioneered many NGO tactics still used today. However, their... more
""With innovative but growingly militant communication campaigns, Britain's suffragettes fought for women's civil and suffrage rights. The extraordinary movement politics pioneered many NGO tactics still used today. However, their campaign moved towards terror and terrorism in the end, splitting the movement and decreasing acceptance.

Ideenreich und militant stritten Englands Suffragetten für das Frauenwahlrecht. Ihre Kampagne glitt am Ende in Terror ab.
Schlagwörter: Frauenbewegung, Großbritannien, Labour Party (Großbritannien), Liberale Partei (Großbritannien), Suffragetten, Suffragisten, Wahlrecht
Organisationen: Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU)
Personen: Emmeline Pankhurst, Clara Zetkin, Winston Churchill, Myriam Boussahba-Bravad, Jana Günther, Michaela Karl
Publikationen: Daily Mail, Pathé""

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