1st Edition

Digital Politics: Mobilization, Engagement and Participation

Edited By Karolina Koc-Michalska, Darren G. Lilleker Copyright 2019
146 Pages
by Routledge

146 Pages
by Routledge

146 Pages
by Routledge

This book discusses the implications of recent innovations in information and communication technology for civic and political engagement. The international mix of contributions offers insights across a broad spectrum of studies into the form of engagement: explaining the reasons, incentives and motivations for engaging, and the different forms and levels of engagement; contrasting traditional... Read more

Introduction – Digital Politics: Mobilization, Engagement, and Participation  1. Three Prompts for Collective Action in the Context of Digital Media  2. What Drives Political Participation?Motivations andMobilization in a Digital Age  3. Social Media Social Capital, Offline Social Capital, and Citizenship: Exploring Asymmetrical Social Capital Effects  4. Online Mobilization in Comparative Perspective: Digital Appeals and Political Engagement in Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom  5. Friend or Foe? Digital Technologies and the Changing Nature of Party Membership  6. I Shield Myself From Thee: Selective Avoidance on Social Media During Political Protests

Biography

Karolina Koc-Michalska is Associate Professor at the Audencia Business School, Nantes, France and Associated Researcher at CEVIPOF – Sciences-Po, Paris, France. Her research focuses on the strategies of political actors in the online environment and citizens’ political engagement, especially the role of motivations and encouragement in both the online and the offline environment.



Darren G. Lilleker is Associate Professor of Political Communication and Head of the Corporate and Marketing Communication Academic Department in the Faculty of Media and Communication, Bournemouth University, Poole, UK. His research focuses on the professionalization and marketization of politics and its impact on citizen psychology and engagement.