Beyond Slacktivism : Political Participation on Social Media
- Submitting institution
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University of Portsmouth
- Unit of assessment
- 25 - Area Studies
- Output identifier
- 11111740
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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10.1007/978-3-030-00844-4
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- ISBN
- 978-3-030-00843-7
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- October
- Year of publication
- 2018
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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E - Citizenship, Race, and Belonging
- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- Beyond Slacktivism is an academic monograph that demonstrates sustained research effort through a mixed-method approach. The book examines how routine social media use shapes political participation across two interrelated settings. Firstly, in an activist context, through an ethnography of the campaigning organisation 38 Degrees. The analysis draws upon data collected through 22 interviews and a three-month participant observation. Secondly, within day-to-day life, by exploring the conditions of everyday news consumption on Facebook and Twitter. Evidence of citizen behaviour online is contextualised with interviews and reflective weekly diary entries collected over three months from 29 participants.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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