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- Establishes the personalised context for the forms of digitally networked action that have taken place over the last decade
- Draws on a radical and highly innovative multi-method research design, combining qualitative, quantitative, and computational traditions
- Argues that Facebook and Twitter create new opportunities for cognitive engagement, discursive participation, and political mobilisation
Part of the book series: Interest Groups, Advocacy and Democracy Series (IGAD)
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“There was a time when pundits referred to online activism as slacktivism. Gone are those days, as recent movements and waves of populism demonstrate the ability of online media to connect (and separate!) people around common sentiment. Read this book and understand how it all happens. Engaging, insightful, and sharp.” (Zizi Papacharissi, University ofIllinois-Chicago, USA)
“James Dennis’s book addresses a core research question: “what effect does routine social media use have on political engagement?” In answering this question Dennis skillfully sidelines assumptions of slacktivism and clicktivism to take a deeper look at instances of meaningful digital micro-activism via engaging ethnographic research, with both individual social media users, and the influential digital campaigning organisation, 38 Degrees. The book, importantly, demonstrates that politics and participation now emerge though everyday forms of communication and engagement.” (Ariadne Vromen, University of Sydney, Australia)
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Book Title: Beyond Slacktivism
Book Subtitle: Political Participation on Social Media
Authors: James Dennis
Series Title: Interest Groups, Advocacy and Democracy Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00844-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-00843-7Published: 06 November 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-13149-4Published: 10 December 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-00844-4Published: 24 October 2018
Series ISSN: 2946-3254
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3262
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 262
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 16 illustrations in colour
Topics: Democracy, Political Communication, Social Media, British Politics