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The Calm Before the Storm: Radical Ideas Often Originate in Unexpected Places
The Calm Before the Storm: Radical Ideas Often Originate in Unexpected Places
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How did letters and underground publications become the engine of revolution?
And how do Facebook and Twitter limit people's imagination?
This book takes you on a journey through time, to 11 historical moments,
exploring how radical ideas erupted through different media.
Are revolutions that change people's consciousness grand and tumultuous, or are they slowly nurtured? Gail Glickman, a veteran American media editor, attempts to tell you that the ideas driving revolutions are often exchanged and formed in quiet, private spaces. Revolutionaries whispered and built ideals in small, hidden corners, carefully discussing how to achieve their goals. And the media technology people use for change often plays a crucial role.
This book takes readers on a journey through time, examining how people interacted and communicated through various media, slowly brewing revolutions. From the correspondence that drove the scientific revolution in the 17th century, to the petitions of British workers fighting for suffrage in the 1830s, to the newspapers of the Gold Coast in Africa resisting colonialists a century later, the zines that gave women a voice of anger in the 1990s, and even during the COVID-19 pandemic, how epidemiologists and doctors used communication software to save themselves in the shadow of incompetent governments.
The 11 historical scenes depicted in this book reveal that profoundly influential social movements—from decolonization to feminism—all formed within relatively closed networks. This intimate interpersonal space allowed a group to nurture concepts and ideas that later spread widely. However, the book also sounds a warning: the current world dominated by social media is accelerating the disappearance of such spaces, leading to movements like the Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street, and Black Lives Matter failing to fulfill their potential.
This book is like an exciting dialectical journey between media and social movements. It not only makes us rethink the core values embedded in past media but also points the way forward for social change.
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And how do Facebook and Twitter limit people's imagination?
This book takes you on a journey through time, to 11 historical moments,
exploring how radical ideas erupted through different media.
Are revolutions that change people's consciousness grand and tumultuous, or are they slowly nurtured? Gail Glickman, a veteran American media editor, attempts to tell you that the ideas driving revolutions are often exchanged and formed in quiet, private spaces. Revolutionaries whispered and built ideals in small, hidden corners, carefully discussing how to achieve their goals. And the media technology people use for change often plays a crucial role.
This book takes readers on a journey through time, examining how people interacted and communicated through various media, slowly brewing revolutions. From the correspondence that drove the scientific revolution in the 17th century, to the petitions of British workers fighting for suffrage in the 1830s, to the newspapers of the Gold Coast in Africa resisting colonialists a century later, the zines that gave women a voice of anger in the 1990s, and even during the COVID-19 pandemic, how epidemiologists and doctors used communication software to save themselves in the shadow of incompetent governments.
The 11 historical scenes depicted in this book reveal that profoundly influential social movements—from decolonization to feminism—all formed within relatively closed networks. This intimate interpersonal space allowed a group to nurture concepts and ideas that later spread widely. However, the book also sounds a warning: the current world dominated by social media is accelerating the disappearance of such spaces, leading to movements like the Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street, and Black Lives Matter failing to fulfill their potential.
This book is like an exciting dialectical journey between media and social movements. It not only makes us rethink the core values embedded in past media but also points the way forward for social change.
