Human-automated collectives
Automating communication for social movement mobilization
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12656015 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cannas Kwok (0000-0003-3754-2447, Lingnan University, Hong Kong), Ngai Keung Chan (0000-0002-5848-3098, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 4992-5012 |
| Publication date | 2024-08-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Media & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1461-4448 • E-ISSN: 1461-7315 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/14614448241251794 |
| OpenAlex | W4402063437 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 45 |
Central to algorithmically mediated activism is the politics of algorithmic (in)visibility. Activists must consider how they can increase the visibility of their claims. Bringing together critical data studies and social movement studies, this study introduces the concept of human-automated collectives to capture how activists strategically make collective claims about and through algorithms and mobilize algorithmic tactics on social media. Using Hong Kong’s Anti-Extradition Bill Movement as a case study, this study explores how activists interpreted social media algorithms, mobilized others to use various tactics to amplify their voice to gain algorithmic visibility, and contested counter-movement algorithmic strategies. We primarily drew upon a qualitative analysis of two pro-movement Facebook pages that shared algorithmic tactics published between July 2019 and January 2020 ( n = 694). The study contributes to theorizing the role of activists in decoding and contesting automated media for their practical purposes in connective action
Action (physics · Aesthetics · Collective action · Media studies · Movement (music · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social media · Social movement · Social movement theory · Sociology · Visibility · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · Law · Social Media and Politics
Political Machines
Digitally Enabled Social Change
The Warehouse
Total Mobilization from Below
The Relevance of Algorithms
The concept of “interaction” in debates on human–machine interaction
Social media live streaming as affective news in the anti-Elab movement in Hong Kong
Understanding Social Media Logic
The Limits of Social Media Mobilization
Ethical dilemmas in researching sensitive issues online
Disagreement resolution on digital communication platform in a self-directed political consumerism campaign
The algorithmic imaginary
Affordances, movement dynamics, and a centralized digital communication platform in a networked movement
Activists in the dark
Twitter and Tear Gas
Fabrication as Ethical Practice
Engineering the public
Datafication, dataism and dataveillance
The end of media logics? On algorithms and agency
The construction and mobilization of political consumerism through digital media in a networked social movement
The emergence of network media logic in political communication
Enacting cross-platform (buy/boy)cotts
Critical technocultural discourse analysis
Want to be on the top? Algorithmic power and the threat of invisibility on Facebook
Bodies not templates”
Data as a Weapon
Decoding algorithms
Folk theories of algorithms
Platform governance at the margins
Reclaiming the human in machine cultures
Opinion leadership in a leaderless movement
Instagram and social capital
Filter Bubbles, Echo Chambers, and Online News Consumption
How Protests Evolve
Professionals in Revolt
Datafication and implicated networks of demobilization
Amplification, evasion, hijacking
The Logic of Connective Action
Humanly Extended Automation or the Future of Work Seen through Amazon Patents
From data politics to the contentious politics of data
When Algorithms Shape Collective Action
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |