Technology and Communication in the Environmental Movement

Leeder, Kim

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“…Accordingly, they argue that the emergence of the Internet and related interactive technologies will enable fundamental changes in the ways that organizations work. Leeder (2007) follows this argument and suggests that Internet-related technologies have succeeded in enabling civil society organizations (CSOs) to inform, organize, and motivate citizens to act on environmental issues with impressive results.…”

Section: The Internet and Online Activismmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…Bimber (2001), for example, argues that the ability of the Internet to enhance political activism depends on actors' ability to absorb information. Similarly, Earl and Kimport (2011) and Leeder (2007) show that the efficacy of the Internet depends on an organization's ability to use the Internet strategically to make connections between cyberspace and the physical world as well as organizers' and participants' offline experiences both with social movements and in other fields.…”

Section: The Internet and Online Activismmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Such a focus may imply a type of technological determinism that several theorists on the information society warn against, as it may leave out important perspectives on social action (Norris, 2001;van Dijk, 2005;van Dijk and Hacker, 2003;Warschauer, 2003a;Warschauer, 2003b). Garrett (2006) follows this argument and suggests that the 'mobilizing structure' should be a main component when exploring the relationship between social movements and new communication technologies (see also Leeder 2007, andYang 2003).…”

Section: A Framework For Analyzing Online Environmental Activismmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Online environmental activism and Internet use in the Indonesian environmental movement

Kurniawan

Rye

2013

Information Development

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This article investigates the use of the Internet among Indonesian environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGOs) and how this use influences the mobilizing structure of the environmental movement. The discussion is informed by an explorative study of nineteen Indonesian ENGOs working in the domain of forest protection. The study reveals that the Internet empowers the environmental activism of these organizations by enhancing opportunities for political participation. A main finding in the article is that well-established organizations with well-developed international networks benefit the most from the use of the Internet in their activism. However, smaller organizations with more informal charters seemed to have a better capacity to connect unconnected communities to the global flow of information.

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Section: The Internet and Online Activismmentioning

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Section: The Internet and Online Activismmentioning

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Section: A Framework For Analyzing Online Environmental Activismmentioning

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Online environmental activism and Internet use in the Indonesian environmental movement

Kurniawan

Rye

2013

Information Development

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“…Companies may institute "eco-friendly" policies or practices to capitalize on positive social associations with environmentalism (Wry and York, 2017). Non-governmental organizations, petitions to decision makers and companies, and now social media, are avenues for individuals to engage with scientists and decision makers (Yang, 2005;Leeder, 2007). With respect to sharks, a "shark conservationist" environmentalist social identity is likely to be facilitated by similar forms of engagement to exercise agency.…”

Section: Value Formation Through Media: Emotional Responses and Consementioning

confidence: 99%

Introducing Relational Values as a Tool for Shark Conservation, Science, and Management

2019

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Relational values (RV) are values that arise from a relationship with nature, encompassing a sense of place, feelings of well-being (mental and physical health), and cultural, community, or personal identities. With sharks, such values are formed by diverse groups that interact with these animals and their ecosystems, either physically or virtually, whether a scientist, student, fisher, or media-viewer. Further, these user groups may overlap or come into conflict over management plans, media portrayals of sharks, and their conservation status. Although scientists have not explicitly aimed to assess RV through sharks, qualitative studies of shark fishers, tourism operators, tourists, and the public, as well as historical and archeological accounts, can be interpreted through an analytical lens to reveal values which can also be defined as relational. To this end, this review considers studies capturing RV alongside those of economic value (increasingly, the value of a shark is appraised by their financial value in shark tourism) and the social and cultural roles of sharks. Based on these studies and the broader RV literature, we then outline a workflow for how RV can be leveraged in scientific inquiry, equitable resource management, and education. We conclude that via collaborative assessments of RV, with implicit inclusion of multiple values of sharks and by acknowledging their importance to all parties involved in user conflicts, the RV framework can lead to a constructive dialog on polarizing conservation and management issues. By illuminating shared values, and/or revealing dichotomies of values ascribed toward certain areas or objects, this framework can provide inroads to mediation, seeking to conserve or even restore relationships with nature, and their derived values as much as is possible. This approach can yield unexpected knowledge, solutions, and compromises in an increasingly complex conservation landscape.

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“…Regulators also note that preexisting economic and political inequities mitigate against the ideal of free‐flowing information, despite efforts to organize to make information more widely available. Despite initiatives like the One Laptop Per Child Program, a digital divide still exists, and as Leeder notes, even in countries like the US, more information is still consumed by those at the higher end of the socioeconomic spectrum (Leeder 2007:6).…”

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From Global Village to Virtual Battlespace: The Colonizing of the Internet and the Extension of Realpolitik

Manjikian

2010

International Studies Quarterly

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From the earliest years of the Internet's creation, cyberspace has been distinguished from other types of political space because of three unique qualities: (i) its ability to mobilize users, particularly ''outsiders'' including those who have not been easily included in political systems using conventional means; (ii) its ability to quickly provide large quantities of information of uncertain or unregulated quality; and (iii) its ability to shrink distances between users, in some sense rendering conventional physical geography irrelevant. This paper presents three lenses for interpreting the significance of these developments: utopian, liberal, and realist. Evolving doctrines of cyberwarfare as put forth by China, Russia, and the United States in particular stress the ways in which cyberspace presents a unique security threat which may present greater advantages to nonstate actors engaged in unconventional warfare. Differing economic, political, and security policies derive from each lens.

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Technology and Communication in the Environmental Movement

Cited by 4 publications

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Online environmental activism and Internet use in the Indonesian environmental movement

Online environmental activism and Internet use in the Indonesian environmental movement

Introducing Relational Values as a Tool for Shark Conservation, Science, and Management

From Global Village to Virtual Battlespace: The Colonizing of the Internet and the Extension of Realpolitik

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