Chernysheva L.A., Zaporozhets O.N. Digital Platforms and Urban Mobilizations: How Lo­cality Redefines Connective Action. Monitoring of Public Opinion: Economic and Social Changes. 2023. No. 4 (176). Pp. 124–148. https: ...

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Abstract

The  paper  focuses  on  local  digital  platforms  (citizen  media)  and  their involvement in urban negotiations and conflicts. It aims to revise connec­tive action theory, which describes mobi­lizations that occur online or both online and offline around a broad political agen­da (e.g., Occupy and Indignados move­ments). The paper explores how applying connective action theory to local mobi­lization campaigns updates the theory, making it more sensitive to the diversi­ty of connective actions and thus more applicable to empirical research. The pa­per proposes a typology of connective ac­tion based on two criteria: 1) the extent to which a single digital platform domi­nates the campaign; and 2) the division of responsibility and agency between the initiative group, which acts as the man­ager  of  online  platforms  (groups),  and the subscribers. Based on data collect­ed from three studies of local grassroots campaigns  conducted  in  2018–2020  in large Russian cities (Samara, Novosi­birsk, St. Petersburg, and Moscow), four types of local connective action are high­lighted and described.

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