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Collective Action 2.0

by Shaked Spier

February 2017

Intermediate to advanced

198 pages

6h 13m

English

Chandos Publishing

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1.1. #1Mai_Nazifrei1.2. Hype Cycle and the Need for a Theoretical Framework1.3. Reciprocal Relation Between Information and Communication Technology and Collective Action1.4. Book Outline

2.1. Social Media as Information and Communication Technology2.2. Social Media as Institutions2.3. Social Media as Media2.4. Beware of Social Media Determinism
3.1. From an Individual Agent to an Active Collective3.2. A “Facebook Revolution” Is Just Another Revolution: Social Media and the Formation of a Collective in the Arab Spring3.3. Conclusions
4.1. Setting up the First Tent4.2. Chronology of the 2010s Israeli Social Justice Protests4.3. Cultural Context of Social Movements4.4. Social Media and the Cultural Context of Social Justice Protests in Israel4.5. A Code of Israeliness? Conclusions
5.1. What Are Social Networks?5.2. Social Media and Social Networks5.3. Social Networks, Interpersonal Ties, and Mobilization Over Social Media5.4. A Leaderless Network?
6.1. One Hot Summer Day at #LaGeSo6.2. Resource Mobilization Theory6.3. Social Media and Resource Mobilization6.4. Conclusions
7.1. Between Flickr and the Google Index7.2. Between Actions and Algorithms7.3. Conclusions
8.1. The Many Facets of Newsworthiness8.2. Social Media—Alternative Media?8.3. Conclusions
9.1. Stasi 2.0: State Surveillance and the Deployment of Social Media for Collective Action in Authoritarian Context9.2. Living in the Post-Snowden Era: State Surveillance and the Deployment of Social Media for Collective Action in Democratic Context9.3. Aiding the Enemy: Corporate Surveillance and Economic Interests on Social Media9.4. Living in the Postpanopticon Era? Conclusions
10.1. A Long Tail of Slacktivism10.2. Demobilization and the Structural Elements of Social Media10.3. Sharing Is Caring? Conclusions
11.1. The Wrong Hands? Negative Causes, Framing, and Social Media11.2. The Right Tool? Values and Biases in Social Media11.3. There Is No Right Life in the Wrong One? Conclusions

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Chapter 5

The Social Network

The Relevance of Weak and Strong Ties for Mobilization Over Social Media

Abstract

The interplay between social networks, weak and strong ties, and social media in the context of collective action is a subject of controversial academic debate, especially in light of the wave of protests and related discourse around 2011. Some scholars and activists tend to stress the importance of weak ties, which mobilization through social media seems to amplify, whereas others take a critical stance toward this notion and stress the importance of strong ties. The chapter addresses this issue, while differentiating the qualities, advantages, and disadvantages of both notions.

Keywords

Leaderless networks; Small worlds; Social media; Social ...

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Collective Action 2.0

by Shaked Spier

The Social Network

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