The Social Network, the Alter/Anti-Globalization Movement, and Counter-Forums

AbstractThe alter-globalization movement implements its antagonistic demands above all through social networks and counter-forums and the extent to which it is capable of mobilizing non-homogeneous groups, often by exerting substantial influence on the choices made by political decision-makers on one hand, and capable of implementing vast and widespread disinformation campaigns on the other and capable of implementing vast and widespread disinformation campaigns on the other. Image: Social Media Landscape. http://www.cleancutmedia.com/internet/social-media-statistics-video-growth-impactCatalyzing DiscontentAn attentive analysis of the ways in which the alter-globalization galaxy enacts its antagonism to the system, especially in regard to national and transnational political, economic and military institutions, reveals both how the alter-globalization movement implements its antagonistic demands above all through social networks and counter-forums and the extent to which it is…