Beyond the Echo Chamber

This special issue focuses on the tactical and political uses of social media in struggles for radical social change. Pushing past the well-worn tropes of networks, filter bubbles, and echo chambers, contributors consider how social movements across the political spectrum are making use of the “social web” in their change efforts and what consequences those efforts are having. Aspiring to enrich critical conversations about movements, social justice, free speech, and digital communication infrastructure, the authors ask, “How are contemporary movements entering into these digital ecologies, and how are they being affected by them?”

Contributors: Isabel Aguilera, Dilruba Çatalbas, Elizabeth Collingwood-Selby, Stuart Davis, Brian Dolber, Patricio Azócar Donoso, Jaime Donoso Espinosa, Vitrina Dystópica, Peter Funke, Max Haiven, Duru Su Kadioglu, Malav Kanuga, Alex Khasnabish, Adam (A.T.) Kingsmith, Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Tanner Mirrlees, Jorge Pavez Ojeda, Rosario Fernández Ossandón, Ceren Sözeri Özdal, Hugo Sir Retamales, Rhon Teruelle, Willy Thayer, The Nación, Otredad, Deseo (Nation, Otherness, Desire) Collective, Michael Truscello, Antonieta Vera, Todd Wolfson, Özlem Danaci Yüce