Identity Negotiation in Activist Participation

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Most activism in connected societies has an online component. Social media accompany corporeal demonstrations, occupations, and protest marches. It is argued that such social media platforms play an increasingly important role when mobilizing across different political positions, coordinating and producing visibility for a political demand. In this article we will revisit 3 activist demands, all saturated by social media practices: (a) inhabitants in southern Stockholm fighting to save a local bathhouse, (b) the 2009 Austrian student protests, and (c) marches in Leipzig and Dresden to block Neo-Nazi marches. The aim is to analyze activist identity negotiations in these social media saturated cases, and contribute to the understanding of activist participation in our digital and connected age.

Original languageEnglish
JournalCommunication, Culture & Critique
Volume8
Issue number1
Pages (from-to)144-162
Number of pages19
ISSN1753-9129
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2015
Externally publishedYes

    Research areas

  • Activism, Identity, Participation, Radical Politics, Social Media, MEDIA

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