• About Markus Schulz: Dr. Schulz’s research focuses on democratization, social movements, and new media from a transnational and comparative perspective. He has co-authored the six-volume book series Internet and Politics in Latin America, and co-edited the forthcoming monograph Values and Culture: The Social Shaping of the Future. Among his published articles are “Collective Action across Borders” (Sociological Perspectives), “The Values of Global Futures” (Current Sociology), and the “The Role of the Internet in Transnational Mobilization” (World Society Studies).

Topic: Transnational Mobilization and the Internet

How do new media impact social movements and collective action within countries and across borders? What lessons can be drawn from a close empirical examination of the role of different media interfaces in the pioneering case of the Zapatista uprising and the connections between the insurgent Mayan peasants in Chiapas and their allies in postindustrial metropoles around the globe?

The structure of the presentation:

• Chip’s introduction
• Schulz overview and global village
• Web mobilization compared to other social uprisings
• Collective action across borders
• Internet and the Zapatista uprising
• Activists motivation towards uprisings
• Summary hypotheses

• Chip’s introduction

• Schulz overview and global village

• Web mobilization compared to other social uprisings

• Collective action across borders

• Internet and the Zapatista uprising

• Activists motivation towards uprisings

• Summary hypotheses

Readings

Schulz, Markus S.: “The Role of the Internet in Transnational Mobilization: A Case Study of the Zapatista Movement, 1994-2005,” World Society Studies, Vol. 2007/I., pp. 129-156.

Further recommended background:

Schulz, Markus S.: “Collective Action Across Borders: Opportunity Structure, Network Capacity, and Communicative Praxis in the Age of Advanced Globalization,” Sociological Perspectives, Vol. 41, No. 3, 1998, pp. 587-616.

Schulz, Markus S.: “The Values of Global Futures,” Current Sociology, 2011, 59(2).

https://podcast.cites.illinois.edu/groups/lis592-final/weblog/b98a6/Ali_BousquetFinalSue_Searing_Interview.html