Horizontal digital organizing, memeable frames like ‘99%’ enter mainstream.
Occupy Wall Street encampments spread
Event Not yet reviewed This page has not yet been through the automated review pipeline.Occupy Wall Street introduces horizontal digital organizing and memeable frames like 'the 99%' to mainstream political discourse, spreading across the country through livestreams and social media.
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Adbusters. #OCCUPYWALLSTREET — A shift in revolutionary tactics. (2011). The 13 July 2011 call that set the 17 September date and the #OCCUPYWALLSTREET hashtag, signed 'Culture Jammers HQ'. Adbusters removed the original; only the archived copy resolves.
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Moynihan, C. (2011). Wall Street Protest Begins, With Demonstrators Blocked. The New York Times. Day-one reporting, 17 September 2011: police barricades on Wall Street, hundreds of demonstrators, stated intent to camp, and the 99%/1% framing already in use. The City Room blog is retired, so the archived copy is the reliable link.
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Bennett, W. L. & Segerberg, A. (2012). The Logic of Connective Action: Digital media and the personalization of contentious politics. Information, Communication & Society, 15(5), 739-768. Peer-reviewed account of the non-hierarchical, digitally coordinated organizing this event describes.
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September 17, 2011
Occupy Wall Street encampments spread
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