Beyond Slacktivism Political Participation on Social Media /

• Main Author: Dennis, James (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Interest Groups, Advocacy and Democracy Series
• Subjects: Democracy.; Political communication.; Social media.; Great Britain-Politics and government.; Political Communication.; Social Media.; British Politics.

Beyond Slacktivism examines how routine social media use shapes political participation. Many commentators have argued that activism has been compromised by "slacktivism," a pejorative term that refers to supposedly inauthentic, low-threshold forms of engagement online. Dennis argues that...

Table of Contents:

• 1: "It's Better to Light a Candle Than to Fantasize About a Sun"
• 2: #stopslacktivism: Why Clicks, Likes and Shares Matter
• 3: Operationalising the Continuum of Participation
• 4: People. Power. Change. 38 Degrees and Digital Micro-Activism on Social Media
• 5: An Informed Public? News Consumption on Social Media
• 6: Civic Instigators, Contributors and Listeners: Political Expression on Social Media
• 7: Conclusion: The Candle Burns Bright.