Activist Media by Gino Canella - 9781978824348

Activist MediaDocumenting Movements and Networked Solidarity\nAuthor(s): Gino Canella\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Rutgers University Press, United States\nImprint: Rutgers University Press\nISBN-13: 9781978824348, 978-1978824348\nSynopsis\nNow more than ever, activists are using media to document injustice and promote social and political change. Yet with so many media platforms available, activists sometimes fail to have a coherent media and communication strategy.\n Drawing from his experiences as a documentary filmmaker with Black Lives Matter 5280 and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 105 in Denver, Colorado, Gino Canella argues that activist media create opportunities for activists to navigate conflict and embrace their political and ideological differences. Canella details how activist media practicesinterviewing organizers, script writing, video editing, posting on social media, and hosting community screeningsfoster solidarity among grassroots organizers..