From Cyberspace to Independence Square: Understanding the Impact of Social Media on Physical Protest Mobilization During Ukraine's Euromaidan Revolution. Issue 4 (2nd October 2019)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- From Cyberspace to Independence Square: Understanding the Impact of Social Media on Physical Protest Mobilization During Ukraine's Euromaidan Revolution. Issue 4 (2nd October 2019)
- Main Title:
- From Cyberspace to Independence Square: Understanding the Impact of Social Media on Physical Protest Mobilization During Ukraine's Euromaidan Revolution
- Authors:
- Brantly, Aaron Franklin
- Abstract:
- ABSTRACT: Cyberspace has dramatically affected social and political movements over the last 10 years. There is anecdotal evidence to suggest a strong role for information communications technologies (ICTs) in a changing landscape of organization and mobilization for large-scale social and political movements in countries around the world. This paper analyzes the 2013–2014 Euromaidan revolution in Ukraine using big data collected from open source content including blogs, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, forums, and news sites and mixed methods and assess the ramifications and impact of social media on social mobilization. This work compares digital and physical engagement directionality and finds the impact of social media on physical protest turnout is significant and leads to increased numbers of protestors in the streets. The analysis also highlights means of developing and assessing social mobilization through the use of linguistically and regionally categorized social media.
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of information technology & politics. Volume 16:Issue 4(2019)
- Journal:
- Journal of information technology & politics
- Issue:
- Volume 16:Issue 4(2019)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 16, Issue 4 (2019)
- Year:
- 2019
- Volume:
- 16
- Issue:
- 4
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2019-0016-0004-0000
- Page Start:
- 360
- Page End:
- 378
- Publication Date:
- 2019-10-02
- Subjects:
- Internet -- social mobilization -- protest -- revolution -- Ukraine -- social media
Electronic government information -- Periodicals
Internet in public administration -- Periodicals
Information technology -- Political aspects -- Periodicals
320.0285 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/witp20/current ↗
http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=journal&issn=1933-169X ↗
http://www.haworthpress.com/web/JITP ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/19331681.2019.1657047 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1933-1681
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