How the Internet Shapes Collective Actions [electronic resource] /
Schumann, S.author.
After a Facebook rebellion in Egypt and Twitter protests in Turkey, the internet has been proclaimed as a globe-shifting, revolutionizing force that can incite complex social phenomena such as collective actions. This book critically assesses this claim and highlights how internet use can shape mobilizing processes to foster collective actions.
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Cover; Half-Title ; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Scope of the book; Chapter structure; 1 How the Internet Promotes Self-organized Collective Actions; Towards a definition of collective actions; Group-brokered collective actions; Crowd-enabled collective actions; Take home message; 2 How Internet Use Incites Offline Collective Actions; Using the Internet to access information; Empowerment, knowledge, and interest; Identity formation and agenda setting; From information to (inter)actions; Weak ties
Forming, strengthening, and politicizing group identitiesTake home message; 3 The Internet as a Platform for Online Collective Actions; Patterns of Internet-based collective actions; The challenge or opportunity of slacktivism; Take home message; 4 How Cause-related, Advocacy, and Social Movement Organizations Use the Internet to Promote Collective Actions; Digital mobilizing practices; The supporters' perspective; Take home message; 5 How the Internet Shapes Collective Actions in the Future; Conclusion; Outlook; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
After a Facebook rebellion in Egypt and Twitter protests in Turkey, the internet has been proclaimed as a globe-shifting, revolutionizing force that can incite complex social phenomena such as collective actions. This book critically assesses this claim and highlights how internet use can shape mobilizing processes to foster collective actions.
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