Essays about: "Logic of Connective Action"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Logic of Connective Action.
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1. Flexible Organizational Structures of the Digitally Mediated Collective Actor - A Case of the Shame Movement in Georgia
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikationAbstract : Recent scholarship has challenged the notion that digital tools alone can sustain a social movement, emphasizing instead the importance of collective identity and organizational structures. However, there is still limited understanding of how organizational structures emerge and transform in a social movement. READ MORE
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2. “If Men Acted Like Women Do, There Would Be Riots in the Streets” : Personalized and Collective Action Framing in the Incelopshere
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : In recent years, several high-profile acts of violence linked to the virtual incelosphere have sparked public concern and scholarly interest. Yet, scant attention has been paid to whether these perpetrators can be understood as lone-wolf attackers or as members of a collective. READ MORE
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3. Women’s rights movements in Ethiopia : The role of activism via social media on traditional gender norms and attitudes
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)Abstract : The main aim of this Degree Project was to investigate the role of social media for women’s rights movements in Ethiopia, specifically for the #MeTooEthiopia movement, and whether utilising social media in their operations and mobilisations has enhanced the movements’ ability to raise awareness and challenge traditional gender norms. The research was investigated through the lens of digital activism and via the logic of connective action, by utilising in-depth semi-structured interviews with women’s rights activists in Ethiopia and overseas and undertaking a review of the #MeTooEthiopia movement social media platforms. READ MORE
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4. The Mobilisation of r/wallstreetbets : A critical discourse analysis of GameStop short squeeze comments
University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskapAbstract : This thesis revolves around the subreddit r/wallstreetbets (WSB) and how members started buying the GameStop stock (GME) to push up the price. This thesis aims to develop an understanding of how WSB was mobilised through internal discourses and what significance social media had as a communication tool in the mobilisation. READ MORE
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5. Protest Movements and the Climate Emergency Declarations of 2019: A New Social Media Logic to Connect and Participate in Politics
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och mediaAbstract : This thesis investigates the relationship between contemporary climate protest movements (Extinction Rebellion and Fridays For Future) and governmental bodies in European countries that declared a climate emergency in 2019. The primary contribution of this thesis is to demonstrate how emerging communication practices by these movements compare to the perceived influence of such practices among political decisionmakers in their governing bodies’ votes for a climate emergency declaration. READ MORE
