Wessels Communicative Civic-ness

Social Media and Political Culture
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-317-33772-0
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 212 Seiten

Communicative Civic-ness explores how political culture shapes social media interactions in civic participation, arguing that social media usage is informed by context-specific political culture.

Drawing on cutting-edge research, the book provides a robust theoretical and conceptual framework on civic engagement and participation, comprising:

- contextual ethos of civic communication;

- political culture and civic communication;

- use of social media in private and public spheres;

- design of social media.

It critically addresses the idea of political culture and develops the concept of ‘communicative civic-ness’ to aid a better-informed debate about the capacity of social media to support the pluralistic discussions that underpin deliberative democratic processes.

This book appeals to both undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as academics with an interest in areas including (but not limited to) sociology, political science and media studies. It will also provide useful information and understanding to third sector organisations and policy-makers regarding forms of civic participation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wessels, Bridgette

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction

- Engagement and participation: forms and practices

- Voicing issues: the public sphere and the media

- Digital media, social media and communication

- The design and use of social media in forms of participation

- Political culture: communication and ways of relating

- Contexts of civic communication at the local, national and global level

- Contexts of civic communication: campaigning, citizen journalism and general social media use in civic life

- Networks of social media and civic engagement and participation

- Communicative civic-ness: framing communication, civic engagement and participation

- Conclusion: communicative civic-ness

Über Autor(innen)

Bridgette Wessels is Professor of Sociology in the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology at Newcastle University, UK. Her research focuses on the development and use of digital technology and services in social and cultural life. This includes digital services and communication in the public sphere, everyday life and civic life as well as specific areas such as telehealth, mobile communication and privacy in digital communication.