Digital activism and the state Media movements: civil society and media policy reform in Latin America, by María Soledad Segura and Silvio Waisbord, London, Zed, 2016, 224 pp., £70.00, (hardback), ISBN 9781783604630, £19.99, (paperback), ISBN 9781783604623, £19.99, (ebook), ISBN 9781783604654; Hybrid media activism: ecologies, imaginaries, algorithms, by Emiliano Treré, Abingdon, Routledge, 2018, 222 pp., £115, (hardback)
Digital activism and the state Media movements: civil society and media policy reform in Latin America, by María Soledad Segura and Silvio Waisbord, London, Zed, 2016, 224 pp., £70.00, (hardback), ISBN 9781783604630, £19.99, (paperback), ISBN 9781783604623, £19.99, (ebook), ISBN 9781783604654; Hybrid media activism: ecologies, imaginaries, algorithms, by Emiliano Treré, Abingdon, Routledge, 2018, 222 pp., £115, (hardback)
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数字行动主义和国家媒体运动：拉丁美洲的公民社会和媒体政策改革，作者：María Soledad Segura 和 Silvio Waisbord，伦敦，Zed，2016 年，224 页，70.00 英镑，（精装本），ISBN 9781783604630，19.99 英镑
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社交媒体和数字技术在过去15年的蓬勃发展对社会的各个方面都产生了相当大的影响，包括在行动主义领域（班尼特和Segerberg 2014）。沟通和分享信息的机会增加是这一转变的核心，导致声音和空间的多样化。与此同时，也存在阻力，因为新技术被用来压制某些声音，加强了现有的等级制度和权力结构。国家在这方面发挥了核心作用，在某些情况下采取行动限制对社交媒体平台的访问，或针对那些被视为具有挑战性的平台（见Keremoetlu和Weidmann 2020）。社会运动组织和更广泛的民间社会利用这些新的机会提出他们的要求。在这样做的过程中，他们不得不驾驭日益复杂和混乱的现实，同时调整长期存在的策略和剧目，以适应数字化工具提供的新机会。本文中的四本书考虑了行动主义的不同表现形式，以及国家试图建立对技术控制的方式。这两本书之间的联系是它们对公民社会和国家之间互动的关注，通过数字媒体透镜折射。它们还共同侧重于主要在全球北方以外的国家和区域，从而提出了与这一领域的许多现有工作形成对比的观点。Richter等人的研究涵盖了最广泛的地理范围，重点关注数字媒体如何影响亚洲和阿拉伯地区的社会变革。同样，德怀尔和莫洛尼研究了社交媒体在非洲大陆塑造国家与社会关系的各种方式。特雷雷更加关注数字行动主义的表现形式，密切关注行动主义创新与国家控制之间的斗争。
The flourishing of social media and digital technologies over the past decade and a half has had considerable impacts on all aspects of society, including in the area of activism (Bennett and Segerberg 2014). Increased opportunities for communicating and sharing information have been central to this shift, leading to a diversification of voices and spaces. At the same time, there has also been resistance, as the new technologies have been used to police certain voices, reinforcing existing hierarchies and power structures. The state has played a central role here through actions to restrict access to social media platforms in some cases or target those seen as challenging (see Keremoğlu and Weidmann 2020). Social movement organizations and civil society more broadly have taken advantage of these new opportunities in pressing their claims. In doing so, they have had to navigate increasingly complex and messy realities while adapting long-standing tactics and repertoires to accommodate the new opportunities provided by digital tools.The four books in this essay consider different manifestations of activism and ways in which states attempt to establish control over technologies. What connects the books is their concern with the interaction between civil society and the state, refracted through a digital media lens. They also share a focus on countries and regions primarily outside the global North, thereby presenting perspectives that contrast with much of the existing work in this area. Richter et al. cover the broadest geographical range, focusing on how digital media has impacted social change in Asia and the Arab region. In a similar vein, Dwyer and Molony examine the range of ways social media have shaped state-society relations across the African continent. Treré adopts a tighter focus on the manifestations of digital activism, drawing close attention to the struggle between activist innovation and state control.