Chancellor George Osborne has set out government spending plans up to 2020. These involve big cuts to Whitehall and welfare, but also promises including a new phase of house building. Our experts […]
Spending Review 2015: the experts respond
Free Labour, Social Media, Management: Challenging Marxist Organization Studies
Abstract: In this paper we explore how so-called ‘social media’ such as Facebook challenge Marxist organization studies. We argue that understanding the role of user activity in web 2.0 business models requires […]
Comparing alternative media in North and South: the cases of IFIWatchnet and Indymedia in Africa
Abstract: Alternative media form an important part of the global mediascape. Research on this phenomenon is, however, often drawn from studies in the `global North’. In this paper we discuss alternative media in the `global […]
Becoming Global (Un)Civil Society: Counter- Hegemonic Struggle and the Indymedia Network
Abstract: In this article we ask how ‘civil society’ actors and organizations can become constructed and treated as ‘uncivil society’. We contest the notion that ‘uncivil’ necessarily equates with the dark qualities of violence and […]
