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This book introduces four waves of upsurge in digital activism and cyberconflict. The rise of digital activism started in 1994, was transformed by the events of 9/11, culminated in 2011 with the Arab Spring uprisings, and entered a transformative phase of control and mainstreaming since 2013 with the Snowden affair.

This edited volume examines theoretical and empirical issues relating to violence and war and its implications for media, culture and society. Over the last two decades there has been a proliferation of books, films and art on the subject of violence and war. However, this is the first volume that offers a varied analysis which has wider implications for several disciplines, thus providing the reader with a text that is both multi-faceted and accessible. This book introduces the current debates surrounding this topic through five particular lenses: the historica.

This is a short reflection and response to the article 'Life Finds a Way': Mapping a Post-positivist Marxian Science by A.T. Kingsmith and Julian von Bargen (2018). It sets out the main argumentation for the dadascience approach proposed by the authors and focuses primarily on their critique and alternative theoretical development in relation to the concept of class and the dialectic, as well as their attempt to account for indeterminacy and change through the use of affective cartographies. The response reflects on whether the authors deliver an innovative understanding of the Marxian heritage in that respect, and whether their approach has the potential to rethink, augment or stretch Marxist approaches to doing science and changing the world.

Any random sampling of a Facebook timeline or Twitter feed, to take the obvious examples, provides a prepackaged view of global politics. It is restrictive because we choose it to reflect our own pet subjects, groups, likes, and world interests. The lens is prejudiced to reflect our race, class, gender, sexuality, ideology, and affective positionality. We enter a social media world as many as 10 or 50 times a day that has ourselves as the center of the universe. This communication world is similar to an infant's world: Someone else decides what we can see, what we can consume, what is that extra treat we can earn, if we are good: in social media terms, if we pay for it by reputational capital, or simply, if we spend enough money. ; The author wishes to acknowledge the Economic and Social Research Council (UK) for support [The Common Good: Ethics and Rights in Cyber Security, Grant Ref: ES/L013177/1] ; Peer-reviewed ; Publisher Version