Cyberactivism : online activism in theory and practice / edited by Martha McCaughey and Michael D. Ayers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Internet protests, from text to web / Laura J. Gurak and John Logie -- Indymedia.org : a new communications commons / Dorothy Kidd -- Classifying forms of online activism : the case of cyberprotests against the World Bank / Sandor Vegh -- The radicalization of Zeke Spier : how the Internet contributes to civic engagement and new forms of social capital / Larry Elin -- Democracy, new social movements, and the Internet : a Habermasian analysis / Lee Salter -- Comparing collective identity in online and offline feminist activists / Michael D. Ayers -- Mapping networks of support for the Zapatista movement : applying social-networks analysis to study contemporary social movements / Maria Garrido and Alexander Halavais -- Identifying with information : citizen empowerment, the Internet, and the environmental anti-toxins movement / Wyatt Galusky -- Wiring human rights activism : Amnesty International and the challenges of information and communication technologies / Joanne Lebert -- Ethnic online communities : between profit and purpose / Steven McLaine -- Gay Media, Inc. : media structures, the new gay conglomerates, and collective sexual identities / Joshua Gamson -- Epilogue : Current directions and future questions / David Silver.

The Internet has played a central role in some of the most successful instances of contemporary political activism. This book examines the growing importance of this aspect of activism, including the politically motivated sabotage of commercial websites.