Essays about: "online mobilization"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words online mobilization.

1. 1. The pandemic and its effect on Swedish youth wings' mobilization

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

   Author : Izabell Eriksson Andrén; [2022]
   Keywords : Youth wings; Political mobilization; Political engagement; Covid-19; Digital media;

   Abstract : Youth wings exist worldwide, connect youths with political parties, and mobilize youth to political engagement. Youth wings engagement often entails offline political engagement such as debates and demonstrations. READ MORE

3. 2. Contagion, Contention, and Content: Political Mobilization on Telegram in the 2020 Belarusian post-Election Protests

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Vide Wassberg; [2022]
   Keywords : Telegram; Belarus; Protest; Participation; Mobilization; Connective Action; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This study aims to scrutinize the role of the social media application Telegram as a protest mobilizing structure during the 2020 post-election uprising in Minsk, Belarus. The purpose is to strengthen the understanding on how protest mobilizations online relate to offline protest participation in authoritarian states, and how the usage of social media in social movements impact, and is influenced by, its authoritarian context. READ MORE

4. 3. THE CONTRADICTORY ROLE OF THE INTERNET IN AUTOCRACIES Exploring differences between reactive and proactive online repression

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Ella Turta; [2021-07-20]
   Keywords : online repression; mass mobilization; asymmetrical control; internet policy; digital authoritarianism;

   Abstract : Ever since the early days of the Internet the “freedom of the Internet” has been a subject for debate. Is it characterized by an anti-authoritarian ideology that fosters public dissent and challenges the authoritarian rule? Or are autocrats using modern technology for their own illiberal purposes? Recent research argues that viewing modern communication technology as inherently liberative or repressive undermines the fact that the Internet functions in a constantly evolving political context. READ MORE

5. 4. The spark of a movement - A study of an online collective acts potentiality to grow into a social movement

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Maryan Yusuf; [2021]
   Keywords : Sarah Everard; social movement; online; collective action; collective identity; organisation; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Social movements have become an integrated component in our western society with almost every contested issue having a social movement associated to it, on at least one side of the debate. When we think of social movements in practice, we might picture rallies and marches, chants, and demonstrations but with the emergence of social media more and more activists and movement adherents have moved to the online forums and are utilizing social medias features to quickly spread their messages and to easier mobilize. READ MORE

6. 5. Reproductive Rights. A study of pro-choice activists in times of anti-gender ideology in Poland

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender

   Author : Zuzanna Ewa Gutowska; [2020]
   Keywords : reproductive rights; abortion; activism; social movements; hard-to-reach population; Polish Women’s Strike; pro-choice; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Reproductive rights are an immanent part of human rights. In this thesis, I have conducted seven semi-structured interviews with Polish pro-choice and pro-abortion activists. READ MORE