The Role of "New" Media in the Occupy Wall Street Movement

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This thesis seeks to combine elements of what makes the "new" media new, with collective action theory to analyse the role of 'new' or 'social' media in the Occupy Wall Street Movement.

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New Media, Digital Media, Social Media, Occupy Wall Street, Collective Action Theory, Movement, Organisational Structure, Hyper Textual, Opportunity Structure

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