Democratic Socialists on Social Media: Cohesion, Fragmentation, and Normative Strategies
This essay focuses on members of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) political organisation in the US and the ambivalence of using social media as a primary means of communication for socialist information and culture. Relying on in-depth interviews with fifteen active members and leaders in...
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2020-01-01
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| description | This essay focuses on members of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) political organisation in the US and the ambivalence of using social media as a primary means of communication for socialist information and culture. Relying on in-depth interviews with fifteen active members and leaders in DSA, this essay asks: How does socialist communication on social media encourage both cohesion and fragmentation for activists within the DSA? Locating and analysing key tensions felt by DSA members in response to their use of Facebook and Twitter, this project sheds light on the ways in which socialism is presently communicated to publics and counterpublics and identifies important challenges for the expansion of the socialist movement. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c82bdb0dd0004d4698fd7c044cf8c7682023-09-02T17:54:59ZengPaderborn University: Media Systems and Media Organisation Research GrouptripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique1726-670X1726-670X2020-01-01181324710.31269/triplec.v18i1.11361136Democratic Socialists on Social Media: Cohesion, Fragmentation, and Normative StrategiesChristopher C Barnes0University of Colorado, BoulderThis essay focuses on members of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) political organisation in the US and the ambivalence of using social media as a primary means of communication for socialist information and culture. Relying on in-depth interviews with fifteen active members and leaders in DSA, this essay asks: How does socialist communication on social media encourage both cohesion and fragmentation for activists within the DSA? Locating and analysing key tensions felt by DSA members in response to their use of Facebook and Twitter, this project sheds light on the ways in which socialism is presently communicated to publics and counterpublics and identifies important challenges for the expansion of the socialist movement.https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/1136democratic socialists of americadigital socialismcritical internet theory |
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| title | Democratic Socialists on Social Media: Cohesion, Fragmentation, and Normative Strategies |
| title_full | Democratic Socialists on Social Media: Cohesion, Fragmentation, and Normative Strategies |
| title_fullStr | Democratic Socialists on Social Media: Cohesion, Fragmentation, and Normative Strategies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Democratic Socialists on Social Media: Cohesion, Fragmentation, and Normative Strategies |
| title_short | Democratic Socialists on Social Media: Cohesion, Fragmentation, and Normative Strategies |
| title_sort | democratic socialists on social media cohesion fragmentation and normative strategies |
| topic | democratic socialists of america digital socialism critical internet theory |
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