Digital activism and social movements: Educommunication, innovation and participation in civil society media

Barbas, Angel and Trere, Emiliano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2496-4571 2024. Digital activism and social movements: Educommunication, innovation and participation in civil society media. Lilleker, Darren, Jackson, Daniel, Kalsnes, Bente, Mellado, Claudia, Trevisan, Filippo and Veneti, Anastasia, eds. The Routledge Handbook of Political Campaigning, Routledge, pp. 454-469. (10.4324/9781003333326-39)

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Abstract

In this chapter, we outline some of the main features of contemporary digital activism focusing on civil society organisations and protest movements and their practices of techno-political participation in the hybrid digital ecosystem. Specifically, we address three key aspects of digital activism: the educommunicative dimension; media innovation; engagement and participation with civil society media. These features are developed within a theoretical framework sustained by the concepts of media ecologies and media practices. To illustrate each of these aspects, we draw on a series of global case studies in both the Global North and South, looking at the context of social movements and their encounters with independent/alternative media. In the concluding section, we outline the key takeaways and sketch future avenues of inquiry into civil society media and digital activism in both theoretical and practical terms.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Journalism, Media and Culture
Publisher:	Routledge
ISBN:	9781032356716
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	17 January 2025
Date of Acceptance:	25 March 2024
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2025 13:36
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/175344

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