• List of Figures


• List of Tables


• Acknowledgements


• Chapter 1 - Online Communities and Political Mobilization


• Chapter 2 - Anonymous: Carnival to Mobilization


• Chapter 3 - The Pirate Bay: Contribution to Mobilization


• Chapter 4 - World of Warcraft: Cooperation without Mobilization


• Chapter 5 - IGN.com: Conversation without Mobilization


• Chapter 6 - Expect Them


• Appendix - Research Methodology


• Notes


• Bibliography


• Index

Jessica L. Beyer is Research Scientist at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and the Technology & Social Change Group in the Information School, University of Washington, Seattle.

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