Social Media and Contentious Action: The Use and Users of QQ Groups in China
| Autor: | Tai, Zixue |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Politikwissenschaft
Publizistische Medien Journalismus Verlagswesen Political science News media journalism publishing QQ groups collective action connective action social protest politische Willensbildung politische Soziologie politische Kultur interaktive elektronische Medien Political Process Elections Political Sociology Political Culture Interactive electronic Media China Soziale Medien Protest Kollektivverhalten Mobilisierung Gruppendynamik soziales Netzwerk social media protest collective behavior mobilization group dynamics social network |
| Zdroj: | Media and Communication, 10, 4, 66-76, Protesting While Polarized: Digital Activism in Contentious Times |
| Druh dokumentu: | Zeitschriftenartikel<br />journal article |
| ISSN: | 2183-2439 |
| DOI: | 10.17645/mac.v10i4.5894 |
| Popis: | This article presents an analysis of a netnographic study of QQ groups engaged in contentious activities in China. Informed primarily by semi-structured in-depth interviews of 34 participants and field observations through years of grounded research, the findings shed light on the communicative dynamics and mobilization strategies of QQ groups in nurturing contentious action and motivating mass participation in social protest. In-group communication stays highly focused on the respective mission of the groups, and it cultivates a sense of shared awareness conducive to collective action. There is also a noticeable contagion effect that transfers the spirit of contestation in terms of speech and action. Mobilizing dynamics in the QQ groups point to a hybrid model of activist-brokered networks, which crosscuts and interconnects elements in Bennett and Segerberg’s (2012) prototype of self-organizing networks and organizationally brokered networks. Group leaders and activists resort to a multi-layered mechanism to dissipate contentious information and to mobilize participation in protests. |
| Databáze: | SSOAR – Social Science Open Access Repository |
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