Do Social Networks Really Matter in Contentious Politics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6220180 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Florence Passy (University of Lausanne), Gian-Andrea Monsch, Gian‐andrea Monsch (University of Lausanne, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 22-47 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social movement studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1474-2829 • E-ISSN: 1474-2837 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14742837.2013.863146 |
| OpenAlex | W1975200764 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 35 |
| References cited | 45 |
A considerable number of studies in the social movement literature stress that social networks are a key factor for those participating in political protest.However, since empirical evidence does not universally support this thesis, we propose to examine three core questions.Do networks really matter for participants in political protest?Are social networks important for all types of protest?Finally, what are social networks and in which ways are they important?By answering these questions this paper aims to provide three contributions to social movement literature: first, we want to put networks in their place and not reifying their influence on participation processes; second, we describe and explain variations of networks influence on protest participation; third, to pursue the theoretical reflection initiated by Kitts, McAdam, and Passy on the specification of network effect on contentious participation, that is, to disentangle the different processes at stake.Many scholars argue for empirical works analyzing the link between networks and cognition, but this remains a pious wish.Here, we propose to systematically examine the effect of social interactions on activists' cognitive toolkit
Contentious politics · Empirical research · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Social media · Social movement · Social network (sociolinguistics · Social science · Sociology · Law · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Capital and Networks · Social Media and Politics
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| Citations per year | 1,84 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2026 (20) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 35 |