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On the Web and Contemporary Social Movements

In: Social Media in Politics

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  • Leocadia Díaz Romero

    (University of Murcia
    Columbia University)

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The environmental movement in the 1990s marks the beginning of a new era for civic engagement. In the aftermath of the financial crisis, revolts opposing austerity measures and cuts on social policies offer the current version of civic action. Social movements have evolved towards global action or global activism. We witness the trans-nationalization of activist networks. Using information and communication technologies as basic tools, social movements have promoted cooperation, found supporters and organized demonstrations and protests worldwide. New technologies—the Internet, mobile phones and tablets—have showed its capacity to strengthen civic society and consolidate democracy around the world. Scholars have described new forms of democracy rooted in citizen participation (deliberative democracy, associative democracy), also enhanced with online mechanisms. Civic engagement and activism have adapted to virtual societies, maximizing their organizational linkages and networking skills. They represent these emerging participatory channels and have contributed to shaping contemporary forms of political participation.

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  • Leocadia Díaz Romero, 2014. "On the Web and Contemporary Social Movements," Public Administration and Information Technology, in: Bogdan Pătruţ & Monica Pătruţ (ed.), Social Media in Politics, edition 127, chapter 0, pages 19-33, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:paitcp:978-3-319-04666-2_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-04666-2_2
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