- Title Pages
- Preface
-
Chapter One Media Reform -
Chapter Two Media Policy Literacy -
Chapter Three Activating the Fifth Estate -
Chapter Four WikiLeaks and “Indirect” Media Reform -
Chapter Five Mobilizing for Net Rights -
Chapter Six Lessons from the SOPA Fight -
Chapter Seven Internet Freedom from the Outside In -
Chapter Eight A Victory for Digital Justice -
Chapter Nine Working Toward an Open Connected Future -
Chapter Ten A Perfect Storm for Media Reform -
Chapter Eleven Between Philosophy and Action -
Chapter Twelve Media Reform Movements in Taiwan -
Chapter Thirteen Organizing for Media Reform in Canada -
Chapter Fourteen The Battle Over Low-Power FM in the United States -
Chapter Fifteen Ninety Percent Community, 10 Percent Radio -
Chapter Sixteen Media Reform Initiatives in West Africa -
Chapter Seventeen Waves of Struggle -
Chapter Eighteen Policy Hacking -
Chapter Nineteen Reforming or Conforming? -
Chapter Twenty “… please grant success to the journey on which I have come” -
Chapter Twenty-One Legislating for a More Participatory Media System -
Chapter Twenty-Two Public Service Broadcasting in Egypt -
Chapter Twenty-Three Impunity, Inclusion, and Implementation -
Chapter Twenty-Four Media Reform through Capacity Building -
Chapter Twenty-Five Media Reform in Guatemala -
Chapter Twenty-Six Media Reform in Mexico - Index
- Donald McGannon Communication Research Center’s Everett C. Parker Book Series
Lessons from the SOPA Fight
Lessons from the SOPA Fight
- Chapter:
- (p.92) Chapter Six Lessons from the SOPA Fight
- Source:
- Strategies for Media Reform
- Author(s):
Rainey Reitman
- Publisher:
- Fordham University Press
In 2012, free speech and access-to-information activists launched the largest digital protest in the history of the Internet to defeat SOPA, a copyright bill. While a range of tactics were used, there were several important factors that proved instrumental in the success of the campaign. Specifically, organizations and activists relied on: 1. Decentralization, i.e., no single organization or coalition controlled messaging or campaigning; 2. Speaking up quickly and frequently through blogging and social media in order to respond to breaking news; 3. Powerful visual imagery that provided an entry-point for journalists and the public; 4. Engaging with Internet communities as a political-engaged force for action; and 5. Crossing political lines.
Keywords: copyright, internet advocacy, internet blackout, online protest, SOPA
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- Title Pages
- Preface
-
Chapter One Media Reform -
Chapter Two Media Policy Literacy -
Chapter Three Activating the Fifth Estate -
Chapter Four WikiLeaks and “Indirect” Media Reform -
Chapter Five Mobilizing for Net Rights -
Chapter Six Lessons from the SOPA Fight -
Chapter Seven Internet Freedom from the Outside In -
Chapter Eight A Victory for Digital Justice -
Chapter Nine Working Toward an Open Connected Future -
Chapter Ten A Perfect Storm for Media Reform -
Chapter Eleven Between Philosophy and Action -
Chapter Twelve Media Reform Movements in Taiwan -
Chapter Thirteen Organizing for Media Reform in Canada -
Chapter Fourteen The Battle Over Low-Power FM in the United States -
Chapter Fifteen Ninety Percent Community, 10 Percent Radio -
Chapter Sixteen Media Reform Initiatives in West Africa -
Chapter Seventeen Waves of Struggle -
Chapter Eighteen Policy Hacking -
Chapter Nineteen Reforming or Conforming? -
Chapter Twenty “… please grant success to the journey on which I have come” -
Chapter Twenty-One Legislating for a More Participatory Media System -
Chapter Twenty-Two Public Service Broadcasting in Egypt -
Chapter Twenty-Three Impunity, Inclusion, and Implementation -
Chapter Twenty-Four Media Reform through Capacity Building -
Chapter Twenty-Five Media Reform in Guatemala -
Chapter Twenty-Six Media Reform in Mexico - Index
- Donald McGannon Communication Research Center’s Everett C. Parker Book Series
