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José Bové : An Online Campaign ?
His campaign is partly based on an online petition, as a consequence of a failed negotiation between potential candidates at the far-left of the political spectrum This campaign highlights the increasing demand for political participation by social-movements’ activists as much as it highlights the questioning of the representative pretentions from existing parties through the contestation[2] of the established political action rules.
In this context the Internet use can be considered as a way to challenge the legitimate political institutions[3] This communication analyzes the role of the Internet use during the campaign and the way this tool embodies all the dissenting political claims and its pretention to constitute a democratic legitimacy This part is focuses on the actions/interactions of gathering activists called “free-electrons”. These people, bound by their common use of the Internet, are known to be at the fore of the online petition asking for José Bové's “come-back”. On a second time, this paper examines the day-to-day practices of these militants to show how a more traditional repertoire of actions remain and shape, complete or interfere with their online practices.