[Air-L] Panelists for Everyday Politics & Digital Activism Aoir 2017 in Tartu

[Mathias Klang]

Panelists for Everyday Politics & Digital Activism Aoir 2017 in Tartu

As the panel submission deadline is soon upon, please email a title and 
abstract to mathias.klang at umb.edu by 21 February 2017

Political changes around the world have brought about a great deal of 
political online discussion and calls to action on several social media 
sites. This form of digital activism has at times been disdainfully 
called slacktivism for its low barriers to entry, high affect, and low 
ability to lead to social change.

The goal of this panel is to bring together examples of the ways in 
which everyday forms of digital activism are viable forms of political 
action that have an impact even beyond the confines of the digital 
realm. There is an obvious need more scholarship in order to discern 
what works, what doesn't, and why.

Therefore this panel seeks contributors who are interested in questions 
such as (but not limited to):
•    What is the value of an online political act?
•    Can social media users express their views and make a difference?
•    How can digital devices be effective political tools for community 
mobilization?
•    What are the implications of social media activism?
•    What role do digital mediums have in shaping how we view 
contemporary civil rights movements?
•    What impact do algorithms & filter bubbles have on political 
communication?

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Mathias Klang
Associate Professor of Political Communication, UMass Boston
http://klangable.com    ~   @klangable
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