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Social Media and Political Mobilisation: Findings and Methodological Challenges

Abstract Submissions Closed

Friday, 26 February 2021: 10:45-12:15
Location:

RC09 Social Transformations and Sociology of Development (host committee)

Language: English

Session Type: Oral


Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, blogs etc. are now an important part of political mobilisation, means of protest and may be decisive factor in elections. What produces the specific power of social media campaigns?  How do we deal with the fact that social media offers the possibility of fictional characters and/or radicalised political positions enunciated? How to research social media with new ethical challenges? Do we need a new set of mixed methods? Especially contributions that combine findings and the critical discussion of methods applied are welcome.
Session Organizer:
Dieter NEUBERT, University of Bayreuth, Germany, dieter.neubert@uni-bayreuth.de
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