Understanding Video Activism on Social Media

Jens Eder, Britta Hartmann, Chris Tedjasukmana

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Intellect Books
06 May 2025

Political activism; Digital TV & media centres: consumer & user guides; Digital video: professional

How social media videos shape today's political engagement and activism.

What political power do social media videos have? In what ways do they exert influence, shape public discourse, and change political life? How can participants in this field assert themselves against commercial interests, anti-democratic agitation, and authoritarian propaganda? These questions are being debated intensely as social media increasingly dominates global information flows, and videos increasingly dominate social media.

The forms, practices, and opportunities of activism depend on a media environment that is changing rapidly and profoundly in terms of its technological basis, ownership, legal regulations, and governmental control. This makes the act of understanding video activism even more relevant at a time when the internet is undergoing fundamental disruptions.

By: Jens Eder, Britta Hartmann, Chris Tedjasukmana
Imprint: Intellect Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 244mm, Width: 170mm,
ISBN: 9781835950821
ISBN 10: 1835950825
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 06 May 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Jens Eder teaches media studies, aesthetics and narrative theory at the Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, Potsdam, Germany. His research focuses on contemporary audiovisual media, their forms, effects and relations to society. Britta Hartmann teaches film studies and audiovisual media cultures at the University of Bonn, Germany. Her research focuses on film theory and aesthetics, documentary history and practice. She is one of the founding editors of the journal Montage AV. Chris Tedjasukmana is Professor of Everyday Media and Digital Cultures at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany. His current research focuses on media practices of witnessing, critical phenomenologies of media bodies, and political film aesthetics.