[ecrea] new book: crisis and critique

*Crisis and Critique*

*A Brief History of Media Participation in Times of Crisis*

*Anne Kaun*

Anne Kaun provides a historical exploration of the role of media in 
shaping social movements and resistance to capitalism.

https://www.zedbooks.net/shop/book/crisis-and-critique/

Throughout history, innovations in media have had a profound impact on 
protest and dissent. But while these recent developments in social media 
have been the subject of intense scholarly attention, there has been 
little consideration of the wider historical role of media technologies 
in protest. Drawing on the work of key theorists such as Walter Benjamin 
and Raymond Williams, /Crisis and Critique /provides a historical 
analysis of media practices within the context of major economic crises.

Through richly detailed case studies of the movements which emerged 
during three different economic crises – the unemployed workers' 
movement of the Great Depression, the rent strike movement of the early 
1970s and the Occupy Wall Street protests which followed the recession 
of 2007 – Kaun provides an in-depth analysis of the cultural, economic 
and social consequences of media technologies, and their role in shaping 
and facilitating resistance to capitalism.

‘Finally, a historically nuanced book on the role of media in protest 
movements. Kaun provides a very timely comparative analysis of media 
technologies in times of crisis. I recommend this book to all students 
interested in media and social activism.’
José van Dijck, author of /The Culture of Connectivity/

‘Kaun gives us important resources for thinking through the challenges 
we face today as scholars and activists committed to transformative and 
radical communication.’
Max Haiven, co-author of /The Radical Imagination/

‘Kaun draws on a range of rich empirical material, using illuminating 
historical analysis to reflect on contemporary protest through the 
critical categories of time, space and speed. A must-read book for 
academics and activists alike.’
Natalie Fenton, author of /Digital, Political, Radical/

‘Economic crises such as the Great Recession of 2008 are not just 
moments of distress and despair. They are also occasions in which new 
political alternatives are born and new political media practices emerge 
as Anne Kaun demonstrates in this thoughtful and engaging book.’
Paolo Gerbaudo, author of /Tweets and the Streets: Social media and 
Contemporary Activism/

‘Kaun offers some much needed perspective on the current discourses 
surrounding digital media and activism, as well as a nuanced, valuable 
and perhaps most importantly measured evaluation of the importance of 
media to political resistance.’
Joss Hands, Newcastle University


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