Conference Connecting to the Masses. 100 years from the Russian Revolution: From Agitprop to the Attention Economy
13 nov 2017IISH, Amsterdam
Connecting to the masses is critical for the success of any movement, resurrection, protest, and revolution. The communication mechanisms for this connection have some times evolved and other times undergone revolutions of their own. Since the Russian centennial, scholars have examined how media and communication affects this connection to the masses in a double yet complimentary dynamic: how governments connect to the masses and how masses connect to their governments.