Media, Social Mobilisation and Mass Protests in Post-colonial Hong Kong

Download or read book Media, Social Mobilisation and Mass Protests in Post-colonial Hong Kong written by Francis L. F. author. (Francis Lap Fung) Lee and published by Routledge. This book was released on with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 2003, Hong Kong has witnessed a series of large-scale protests which have constituted the core of a reinvigorated pro-democracy movement. What drove tens of thousands of citizens to the street on a yearly basis to protest? What were the social and organizational bases of the protest movement? How did media and public discourses affect the protests' formation and mobilization? How did the protesters understand their own actions and the political environment? This book tackles such questions by using a wide range of methods, including population and protest onsite surveys, media content.