Social media affordances for connective action: an examination of microblogging use during the gulf of Mexico oil spill

Volume: 41, Issue: 4, Pages: 1179 - 1205
Published: Dec 1, 2017
Abstract
This research questions how social media use affords new forms of organizing and collective engagement. The concept of connective action has been introduced to characterize such new forms of collective engagement in which actors coproduce and circulate content based upon an issue of mutual interest. Yet, how the use of social media actually affords connective action still needed to be investigated. Mixed methods analyses of microblogging use...
Paper Details
Title
Social media affordances for connective action: an examination of microblogging use during the gulf of Mexico oil spill
Published Date
Dec 1, 2017
Volume
41
Issue
4
Pages
1179 - 1205
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