Beyond Slacktivism: Political Participation on Social Media

by James Dennis

Beyond Slacktivism examines how routine social media use shapes political participation. Many commentators have argued that activism has been compromised by "slacktivism," a pejorative term that refers to supposedly inauthentic, low-threshold forms of engagement online. Dennis argues that this critique has an overly narrow focus. He offers a novel theoretical framework-the continuum of participation-to help illuminate how and why citizens use...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030008436
• ISBN13: 9783030008437
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.3"