The dark side of online participation: exploring non-, passive and negative participation

Lutz, Christoph; Hoffmann, Christian

doi:10.1080/1369118x.2017.1293129

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“…Constructions of agency have also been used, centrally or in passing reference, in information research not adopting a practices approach. For instance, Lutz and Hoffmann () explored theories associating digital literacy, socioeconomics, and online political participation, applying the concept of agency within qualitative empirical research to dig for a more nuanced understanding of contemporary online non/participation. Their findings suggested that there are both intentional (framed as agentic) and unintentional (less agentic) forms of information interaction, which do not always map directly onto active and passive interactions (e.g., one can agentically nonparticipate).…”

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Information triangulation: A complex and agentic everyday information practice

Greyson

2018

Asso for Info Science & Tech

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In contemporary urban settings, information seekers may face challenges assessing and making use of the large quantity of information to which they have access. Such challenges may be particularly acute when laypeople are considering specialized or technical information pertaining to topics over which knowledge is contested. Within a constructivist grounded theory study of the health information practices of 39 young parents in urban Canada, a complex practice of information triangulation was observed. Triangulation comprised an iterative process of seeking, assessment, and sense-making, and typically resulted in a decision or action. This paper examines the emergent concept of information triangulation in everyday life, using data from the young parent study. Triangulation processes in this study could be classified as one of four types, and functioned as an exercise of agency in the face of structures of expertise and exclusion. Although triangulation has long been described and discussed as a practice among scientific researchers wishing to validate and enrich their data, it has rarely been identified as an everyday practice in information behavior research. Future investigations should consider the use of information triangulation for other types of information, including by other populations and in other areas of contested knowledge.

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Information triangulation: A complex and agentic everyday information practice

Greyson

2018

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“…Yet some political engagement is antidemocratic, expresses hate, or harms others. Whether political engagement is deemed positive or negative is a normative judgment rooted in cultural values and context (Lutz & Hoffmann, ). Most research assumes implicitly that political engagement is positive.…”

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How Do Young People Become Politically Engaged?

Wray‐Lake

2019

Child Dev Perspectives

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Despite the importance of examining how adolescents and young adults contribute solutions to society's pressing problems, gaps in the literature leave unanswered the question of how young people become politically engaged. Research suggests that youth learn to be political by forming attachments to their communities and accessing opportunities in the settings of their everyday lives. Settings operate as mini-polities through which youth develop a sense of what it means to be a member of a collective. Meaningful opportunities to practice political skills and behaviors can be fostered in schools and communities, via social media, and through policy change. Historic events, particularly elections, can also influence political attitudes and behaviors in lasting ways. Cultural and contextual variability in experiences, access to opportunities, and reactions to historic events shape youth's political developmental pathways. Research that is developmentally and culturally informed and that uses rigorous study designs can identify more effectively what determines the formation and growth of youth political engagement.

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“…Engagement often take place in short-lived social networks and communities that are formed to pursue rapidly shifting particular issues [6,13,19]. Prior research has however found that people voluntarily participate in emergent collaboration [21,25]. This supports the argument that we are witnessing the emergence of online communities that are leaning towards collaboration as a mere avenue for information dissemination [13].…”

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Emergent Collaboration on Twitter: A Case Study of the #BlackLivesMatter Movement

Lundgaard¹,

Razmerita²,

Tan³

2018

Proceedings of the 51st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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This paper explores the organizing elements that foster emergent collaboration within large-scale communities on online social platforms like Twitter. This study is based on a case study of the #BlackLivesMatter social movement and draws on organizing dynamics and online social network literature, combined with the analysis of 2050 tweets collected from days where the movement had high levels of activity. Drawing on the literature review, we propose a framework consisting of three organizing elements: structure, engagement, and communicative content that are essential in analyzing online collaboration. This paper uses this framework to analyze the collected tweets and identify how actors organize and engage in large-scale communities founded by emergent online collaboration. This paper identifies characteristics of how these key elements and a dynamic interplay between the two logics of action foster emergent collaboration in social movements using Twitter.

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The dark side of online participation: exploring non-, passive and negative participation

Cited by 98 publications

References 57 publications

Information triangulation: A complex and agentic everyday information practice

Information triangulation: A complex and agentic everyday information practice

How Do Young People Become Politically Engaged?

Emergent Collaboration on Twitter: A Case Study of the #BlackLivesMatter Movement

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