Overview
- Outlines how individuals, political organisations, and the state are adapting to the changing digital context for politics
- Provides new perspectives on collective action and how citizens are mobilized
- Comparatively considers digitial politics across Australia, the US and the UK
Part of the book series: Interest Groups, Advocacy and Democracy Series (IGAD)
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About this book
This book considers the radical effects the emergence of social media and digital politics have had on the way that advocacy organisations mobilise and organise citizens into political participation. It argues that these changes are due not only to technological advancement but are also underpinned by hybrid media systems, new political narratives, and a new networked generation of political actors. The author empirically analyses the emergence and consolidation within advanced democracies of online campaigning organisations, such as MoveOn, 38 Degrees, Getup and AVAAZ. Vromen shows that they have become leading political advocates, and influential on both national and international level governance. The book critically engages with this digital disruption of traditional patterns of political mobilisation and organisation, and highlights the challenges in embracing new ideas such as entrepreneurialism and issue-driven politics. It will be of interest to advanced students and scholars in political participation and citizen politics, interest groups, civil society organisations, e-government and politics and social media.
Reviews
“Ariadne Vromen’s unique ten year study of GetUp is a terrific contribution to the field. This highly readable and multi-layered book penetrates critical questions about what makes the organisation and its campaigns tick, how they change over time, and what this means for citizen-based politics. Vromen’s insightful work reminds us why attention to context is important and comprehensive analysis indispensable.” (Alexandra Segerberg, Stockholm University, Sweden)
“This is a tremendous book. Ariadne Vromen draws upon a full decade of research and observation of the Australian netroots powerhouse GetUp. The expansive depth and breadth of her research reveals something that no other scholar has been able to chart: how digital advocacy organizations learn, adapt, and change as they outgrow their initial novelty and carve out a niche in the political landscape. The book is a must-read for anyone interested how the internet is changing organized collective action.” (David Karpf, George Washington University, USA)
“This is an important and highly timely book that provides a unique insight into how digital technologies are democratizing the world of political campaigning and interest articulation. Through a rich comparative analysis of the new ‘organizational hybrids’ - GetUp, MoveOn and 38 Degrees - Vromen offers a powerful argument to show how these groups are challenging the established order and returning power to the grassroots.” (Rachel Gibson, University of Manchester, UK)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Ariadne Vromen is Professor of Political Sociology at the University of Sydney, Australia. Her research interests include: political participation, social movements, advocacy organisations, digital politics, and young people and politics. She has completed extensive research on young people’s political engagement, including a comparative project on social media use in Australia, the UK and USA. She has also co-authored several texts on Australian politics, including Powerscape: Contemporary Australian Politics (2009).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Digital Citizenship and Political Engagement
Book Subtitle: The Challenge from Online Campaigning and Advocacy Organisations
Authors: Ariadne Vromen
Series Title: Interest Groups, Advocacy and Democracy Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-48865-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-48864-0Published: 19 December 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-69595-9Published: 22 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-48865-7Published: 25 November 2016
Series ISSN: 2946-3254
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3262
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 278
Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations
Topics: Political Communication, Comparative Politics, Democracy, Social Media