Asian American connective action in the age of social media civic engagement, contested issues, and emerging identities / James S. Lai.
| Author/creator | Lai, James S., 1968- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2022. |
| Description | xii, 211 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Chapter 1. Logging On and Getting Civically Connected -- Chapter 2. The Racial Paradox and Emerging Political Contours of Asian Americans: How Connective Action Challenges and Amplifies Them -- Chapter 3. Conceptualizing a Model for Asian American Connective Action -- Chapter 4. Case Study 1: The 2016 Trial of New York Police Department Officer Peter Liang and the Connective Action Mobilization by First Generation Chinese Americans -- Chapter 5. Case Study 2: The Asian American Community's Online and Offline Affirmative Action Battle Over the 2012 California Senate Constitutional Amendment 5 Bill -- Chapter 6. Case Study 3: Data Disaggregation and the 2016 California Assembly Bill 1726: How Connective Action Helped Determine the Narrative and Outcome -- Chapter 7. Case Study 4: The 18 Million Rising Website and Its Role as an Online Conduit for Progressive Asian American Activism -- Chapter 8. Case Study 5: The 2016 California Textbook Controversy: South Asian Americans and the #DontEraseIndia Campaign -- Chapter 9. Case Study 6: Establishing World War II Korean Comfort Women Memorials in U.S. Cities and the Online Mobilization Against Them -- Chapter 10. On the Virtues and Perils of Asian American Connective Action. |
| Abstract | "Develops a 'connective action' model for Asian Americans to examine the relationship between social media platforms and civic engagement"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021023013 |
| ISBN | 9781439919088 (cloth) |
| ISBN | 9781439919095 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (pdf) |