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Abstract
Over the past 20 years, researchers have studied how the Internet frames
deliberative processes. What is needed to create a framework for dialogue
& engagement, & how can the Internet be used to create & support social
communities? (Castells 2001, Dyson 1997, Rheingold 1993). However,
these approaches have all taken a normative & meta-theoretical approach
to the subject & are rarely grounded in empirical research. Much has been
written about using social media in a rationally, purpose-driven or strategic
way, relating it to corporations, political organisations, and the latest in
relation to the Obama presidential campaign in 2008, where deliberative
features were successfully used to mobilise and organise 2 millions activists through his social network, Mybo.com. However, very little literature
addresses the deliberative processes, nor does much past research build on
cases that have successfully used social media to mobilise people. An
examination of Kirkeasyl (Church Asylum), a Danish social movement
that mobilised people through social media, allows a better understanding
of how social media can be used but also of how social media impacts the
movements that use them. Kirkeasyl had no political affiliation, & activists
across the political and social spectrum engaged in the movement to help
reject, soon-to-be-deported, & deported Iraqi refugees. The movement was
largely driven by value-based politics, action, political protest focused on
the government, & actions directed towards the police that carried out
political decisions. By employing social media, volunteers were found &
mobilised for blockades and demonstrations when Iraqi refugees were
deported, a large amount of money was collected in a very short time, &
traditional mass media & politicians were engaged in the debate surrounding the Iraqi refugees. Based on the theories of Castells, Dyson, Rheingold,
Ganz, & Habermas, this paper analyses Kirkeasyl as a case where social
media was successfully used for dialogue, engagement, mobilisation, &
as a springboard to spread the movement’s message & affect the political
debate.
deliberative processes. What is needed to create a framework for dialogue
& engagement, & how can the Internet be used to create & support social
communities? (Castells 2001, Dyson 1997, Rheingold 1993). However,
these approaches have all taken a normative & meta-theoretical approach
to the subject & are rarely grounded in empirical research. Much has been
written about using social media in a rationally, purpose-driven or strategic
way, relating it to corporations, political organisations, and the latest in
relation to the Obama presidential campaign in 2008, where deliberative
features were successfully used to mobilise and organise 2 millions activists through his social network, Mybo.com. However, very little literature
addresses the deliberative processes, nor does much past research build on
cases that have successfully used social media to mobilise people. An
examination of Kirkeasyl (Church Asylum), a Danish social movement
that mobilised people through social media, allows a better understanding
of how social media can be used but also of how social media impacts the
movements that use them. Kirkeasyl had no political affiliation, & activists
across the political and social spectrum engaged in the movement to help
reject, soon-to-be-deported, & deported Iraqi refugees. The movement was
largely driven by value-based politics, action, political protest focused on
the government, & actions directed towards the police that carried out
political decisions. By employing social media, volunteers were found &
mobilised for blockades and demonstrations when Iraqi refugees were
deported, a large amount of money was collected in a very short time, &
traditional mass media & politicians were engaged in the debate surrounding the Iraqi refugees. Based on the theories of Castells, Dyson, Rheingold,
Ganz, & Habermas, this paper analyses Kirkeasyl as a case where social
media was successfully used for dialogue, engagement, mobilisation, &
as a springboard to spread the movement’s message & affect the political
debate.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Publikationsdato | 2010 |
Antal sider | 1 |
Status | Udgivet - 2010 |
Begivenhed | 17th ISA World Congress of Sociology 2010 Göteborg - Göteborg, Sverige Varighed: 11 jul. 2010 → 17 jul. 2010 Konferencens nummer: 17 |
Konference
Konference | 17th ISA World Congress of Sociology 2010 Göteborg |
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Nummer | 17 |
Land/Område | Sverige |
By | Göteborg |
Periode | 11/07/2010 → 17/07/2010 |
Bibliografisk note
XVII ISA World Congress of SociologySociology on the Move
Gothenburg, Sweden
11 - 17 July, 2010
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Emneord
- Social Media
- deliberative democracy
- social mobilisation
- communicative action
- communities
- network organisation
- Web 2.0
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