Volltext herunterladen
(externe Quelle)
Zitationshinweis
Bitte beziehen Sie sich beim Zitieren dieses Dokumentes immer auf folgenden Persistent Identifier (PID):
https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v4i4.694
Export für Ihre Literaturverwaltung
No Digital "Castles in the Air": Online Non-Participation and the Radical Left
[Zeitschriftenartikel]
Abstract This article presents results from a study of online presence in activist milieus associated with the radical left in Sweden discussed from a perspective of non-participation. With the aim to further the understanding of digital non-participation as communicative strategy in activism, it builds upon... mehr
This article presents results from a study of online presence in activist milieus associated with the radical left in Sweden discussed from a perspective of non-participation. With the aim to further the understanding of digital non-participation as communicative strategy in activism, it builds upon empirical findings and argues that the online practices and use of social media, as could be observed in milieus associated with the radical left, indicates active non-participation and that this, in turn, is related to the ambition to claim autonomy. The article draws from existing scholarship on critical perspectives on protest movements and social media as well as empirical examples of online content published by radical leftist groups. Furthermore, it analyses how these activities could be understood in terms of active and passive non-participation, abstention or adaptation to social media affordances, as well as implosion of the social in digital media. The findings suggest that much of the activities in the material could be described as active non-participation and that this media practice relates to ideological positioning and values in the milieu.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Digitale Medien; Online-Medien; Soziale Medien; politische Linke; Protestbewegung; Partizipation; Empowerment
Klassifikation
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
interaktive, elektronische Medien
Freie Schlagwörter
activism; non-participation; radical left
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2016
Seitenangabe
S. 53-62
Zeitschriftentitel
Media and Communication, 4 (2016) 4
Heftthema
Political Agency in the Digital Age: Media, Participation and Democracy
ISSN
2183-2439
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)