Deliberation or What?: A Study of Activist Participation on Social Networking Sites
2012 (English)In: International Journal of Electronic Governance, ISSN 1742-7509, E-ISSN 1742-7517, Vol. 5, no 2, p. 103-115Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
This paper addresses social networking sites (SNSs hereafter) and their promise of deliberation. Based on a (n)ethnograpic inspired case study of middle class activists in southern Stockholm, the question this paper seeks to discuss is whether the activists in my study used SNSs for deliberative purposes or for something else. The aim is to understand and discuss contemporary practices of activist political participation online. In this paper it will be argued that rather than deliberation activists were engaging in practices of online updating. Such practices will be understood in light of late modern theories of reflexivity, identity negotiation and maintenance.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
InderScience Publishers, 2012. Vol. 5, no 2, p. 103-115
National Category
Human Aspects of ICT
Research subject
Media and Communication Studies
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-12625DOI: 10.1504/IJEG.2012.049787OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kau-12625DiVA, id: diva2:512623
2012-03-282012-03-282020-01-28Bibliographically approved