Autore
Loader, Brian D.

Titolo
Comment on Elena Pavan/3. Towards a Culture of Connective Active?
Periodico
Sociologica
Anno: 2013 - Volume: 20 - Fascicolo: 3 - Pagina iniziale: 0

This short article is a critical response to the insightful article by Elana Pavan whereshe uses a Twitter campaign to explore the potential "transformative effects" of social mediato facilitate collective action. Usefully avoiding extreme theoretical approaches Pavan correctlycalls for a more nuanced perspective on the current debates. Her use of social network analysisto provide evidence for this new phenomena, whilst informative, is typical of the limited onedimensional studies whose grand claims are not matched by the investigatory tools necessaryfor in-depth examination. Instead consideration is given to the recent study by Bennett andSegerberg by way of an illustration of the kind of approach which may be required to criticallyexplore such assertions.



SICI: 1971-8853(2013)20:3<0:COEPTA>2.0.ZU;2-K
Testo completo: http://www.rivisteweb.it/download/article/10.2383/75769
Testo completo alternativo: http://www.mulino.it/doi/10.2383/75769

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