Digital activism and democratic culture: can digital technologies help save democracy?
This study investigates digital activism and democratic culture among citizens of São Paulo, Brazil. It aims to understand: 01. whether digital participation is becoming a surrogate instance of other forms of participation; and 02. whether digital activists share a specific political culture regardi...
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| description | This study investigates digital activism and democratic culture among citizens of São Paulo, Brazil. It aims to understand: 01. whether digital participation is becoming a surrogate instance of other forms of participation; and 02. whether digital activists share a specific political culture regarding democratic attitudes and behaviors. Drawing on a representative sample of 2,417 interviews, we apply multivariate analysis techniques to characterize digital activists in terms of political participation and democratic culture. Our findings show that digital participation complements – rather than replaces – other forms of participation. We also found that although the levels of democratic culture among digital-only activists were lower than among activists who participate in several arenas, digital-only activists embrace democratic culture more significantly than non-activists. This finding suggests that digital-only participation could be an important first step in developing democratic attitudes in individuals, albeit this form of participation is not sufficient to foster the highest level of democratic culture. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-309638fef89f4954852e9f9c1f0580982023-08-13T23:01:23ZengBrazilian Political Science AssociationBrazilian Political Science Review1981-38212022-07-0116210.1590/1981-3821202200020004Digital activism and democratic culture: can digital technologies help save democracy?Diego de Moraes Silvahttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3615-8873Thaise Kemerhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6779-8972This study investigates digital activism and democratic culture among citizens of São Paulo, Brazil. It aims to understand: 01. whether digital participation is becoming a surrogate instance of other forms of participation; and 02. whether digital activists share a specific political culture regarding democratic attitudes and behaviors. Drawing on a representative sample of 2,417 interviews, we apply multivariate analysis techniques to characterize digital activists in terms of political participation and democratic culture. Our findings show that digital participation complements – rather than replaces – other forms of participation. We also found that although the levels of democratic culture among digital-only activists were lower than among activists who participate in several arenas, digital-only activists embrace democratic culture more significantly than non-activists. This finding suggests that digital-only participation could be an important first step in developing democratic attitudes in individuals, albeit this form of participation is not sufficient to foster the highest level of democratic culture.https://brazilianpoliticalsciencereview.org/article/digital-activism-and-democratic-culture-can-digital-technologies-help-save-democracy/democratic culturedigital activismdigital democracylocal democracypolitical participation |
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| title | Digital activism and democratic culture: can digital technologies help save democracy? |
| title_full | Digital activism and democratic culture: can digital technologies help save democracy? |
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| title_short | Digital activism and democratic culture: can digital technologies help save democracy? |
| title_sort | digital activism and democratic culture can digital technologies help save democracy |
| topic | democratic culture digital activism digital democracy local democracy political participation |
| url | https://brazilianpoliticalsciencereview.org/article/digital-activism-and-democratic-culture-can-digital-technologies-help-save-democracy/ |
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