Collective behavior provides a framework for understanding how the actions and properties
of groups emerge from the way individuals generate and share information. In humans …

Digital activism provides new opportunities for social movement participants and social
movement organizations (SMOs). Recent IS research has begun to touch on digital activism …

Abstract “Digitization” and “digitalization” are two conceptual terms that are closely
associated and often used interchangeably in a broad range of literatures. This entry …

Political participation opportunities have been expanding for years, most recently through
digital tools. Social media platforms have become well integrated into civic and political …

Much time has been spent over the past decade debating whether social media contribute to
democracy. Drawing on an original study of internet users across nine Western …

As people spend increasing proportions of their daily lives using social media, such as
Twitter and Facebook, they are being invited to support myriad political causes by sharing …

Inspired by a call to Occupy Wall Street circulated by the Canadian magazine Adbusters, the
Occupy movement began on 17 September 2011 when activists occupied Zuccotti Park in …

From the Arab Spring and los indignados in Spain, to Occupy Wall Street (and beyond),
large-scale, sustained protests are using digital media in ways that go beyond sending and …

This article proposes a framework for understanding large-scale individualized collective
action that is often coordinated through digital media technologies. Social fragmentation and …

Given the advanced state of digital technology and social media, one would think that the
Democratic and Republican Parties would be reasonably well-matched in terms of their …