Online collective identity: The case of the environmental movement

被引:96
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作者
Ackland, Robert [1 ]
O'Neil, Mathieu [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Australian Natl Univ, Australian Demog & Social Res Inst, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
[2] Univ Paris 04, F-75230 Paris 05, France
基金
澳大利亚研究理事会;
关键词
Environmental social movement; Collective identity; Hyperlink network; Social network analysis; Content analysis; Digital trace data; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; SOCIAL NETWORKS; LOGIT-MODELS; SCIENCE; FIELDS;
D O I
10.1016/j.socnet.2011.03.001
中图分类号
Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号
030303 ;
摘要
Social movements are making extensive communicative and organizational use of the Internet in order to identify social problems and bring about change. We present a model of an online social movement, where actors exchange practical and symbolic resources through hyperlink and online frame networks. Our positioning of these exchanges within a continuum of conscious and unconscious expressive behavior informs our framework for the empirical analysis of online collectives. An application using data collected from the websites of over 160 environmental activist organizations reveals significant fragmentation in this field of contentious activity, which we suggest reflects offline social divisions. Crown Copyright (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:177 / 190
页数:14
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