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Digital media and the dynamics of civil society : retooling citizenship in new EU democracies / Maria Bakardjieva [and three others].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bakardjieva, Maria, 1959- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Digital media--Political aspects.
- Digital media.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (277 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2021]
- Summary:
- This book advances the theoretical, normative and practical understanding of civil society under the conditions of digital mediatization and in relation to a set of particular historical and geopolitical circumstances.
- Contents:
- Digital Media and the Dynamics of Civil Society
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Box, Figures and Tables
- Acronyms
- Introduction
- Civil Society and Civic Engagement
- The Benefits of Comparative Research
- Theoretical Toolbox
- The Media Landscape as Environment for Civic Action
- Social Imaginaries of Citizenship and Digital Media
- Civic Culture, Space and Practice
- A Note on Methodology
- Chapter Outline
- 1 Why Civil Society Again: The Return of an Intellectual Jedi
- Civil Society's Intellectual Career: A Rough Semantic Topology
- Eastern Promises: The Winding Path of the Civil Society Concept in CEE
- The NGO Boom: Imported versus Grassroots Civil Society
- The Civic Imaginary
- The Media in Civil Society
- 2 Media Landscapes, Digital Infrastructure and Social Imaginary
- Media Landscapes as Material and Symbolic Structures
- The Material, Organizational and Symbolic Dimensions of the Media Landscape
- The Bulgarian Media Landscape
- The Estonian Media Landscape
- Frameworks for CSOs
- The Subjective Dimension of the Media Landscape
- Points of Contrast
- 3 Digital Media and the Variable Modes of Participation
- Broader Media Cultures: TV, Radio and Press
- The First-Level Digital Divide: Media Technologies and Generational Shifts
- The Second-Level Digital Divide: Sites and Spaces of Digital Media
- Participation in and through the Media: Digital Media and Everyday Practices
- The Internet and Civic Engagement: Public Affairs and Political Issues
- Civic Culture and the Digital Imaginary: A Third Digital Divide
- 4 Digital Media and the Variable Modes of Civic Engagement
- Bringing Activism Down to Earth
- Methodology
- Demographic Snapshot of the Engaged Citizens
- The Regular Participants
- The Occasional Participants
- Online versus Offline Engagement
- Civic Engagement and Media Use.
- The Civic Imaginary: Attitudes towards Democratic Institutions and CSOs
- Distinct Civic Cultures and Subcultures
- 5 Digital Media and the Meanings of Activism
- Participation versus Transaction: Two Dimensions of Activism
- Tapping into the Daily Life of Activism
- NGOs, Digital Media and the Holy Grail of Participation
- Scaffolding Lateral Transactions: Finding Allies, Building Networks
- Bringing in the Grassroots: Civic Self-Organization
- Polymedia Affordances for Citizenship
- 6 Facing the Institutions: The Challenges of Transactional Activism
- Transactions with the Mass Media: Reaching beyond the Choir
- The Other Side of the Transaction Table
- 7 Uncivil Society Digitized: Expanding Media Repertoires, Mainstreaming Illiberalism
- The Evolving Debate on Civil Society under Communist Rule
- Manifestations of Ethno-Nationalist Populism in CEE
- Anti-Minority Civic Activism: Sustained Campaigning with a Narrow Media Repertoire
- Anti-Refugee Civic Activism: Episodic Mobilization with an Expanded Media Repertoire
- The Case of Bulgaria: Border Vigilantism Is Unleashed
- Estonia: Xenophobia without Xeni
- Final Reflections
- Conclusion
- Overcoming NGO-ization: Constructing Publics through Digital Advocacy
- Self-Organized Citizen Groups: Digital Empowerment of the Grassroots
- The Engagement Rainbow: Civic and Digital Imaginaries
- The Landscape Perspective and the Sources of the Baton Paradigm
- The Illiberal Bricolage: Uncivil Society and Its Digitization
- The End of Weakness as We Know It?
- Appendix A: Quantitative Methodology
- Appendix B: Survey Questionnaire
- Appendix C: Interview Guide
- Appendix D: Interviewee Information
- References
- Notes
- Index
- About the Authors.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-78661-640-8
- OCLC:
- 1273982843
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