Civic activism online: Making young people dormant or more active in real life?
Abstract
Citizens can be active in their community through a diverse set of actions in real life or on online platforms. Since the emergence of the Internet, there has been continual debate about the impact of online activism on real-life activism: whilst some claim that "clictivism" creates the false sense of making a difference, and undermines real life activities, others say it actually fosters it. We therefore explored the relationship between online and offline activism, covering a range of engagement levels in eight different domains. Every offline activity had its online counterpart. The results draw from a probability sample of 1023 participants from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H), Macedonia, Montenegro and Kosovo aged between 13 and 18 years. A unidimensional model fit the data better than a two dimensional model, suggesting that one factor underlies both online and offline forms of civic action. Our data demonstrate that online and offline activisms are not independent construct...s, and that offline activism does not constrain online activism and vice versa. The two combine in a new, so called "hybrid activism", comprised of very different forms of offline and online actions.
Keywords:
Young people / Online/offline activism / Civic participationSource:
Computers in Human Behavior, 2017, 70, 113-118Publisher:
- Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford
Funding / projects:
- DepartMent for International Development the Government of the UK [PEU CPP 000502]
- Embassy of Norway [RER 12-0035]
- The Democratic and National Capacities of Serbia’s Institutions in the Process of International Integrations (RS-MESTD-Basic Research (BR or ON)-179009)
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2016.12.070
ISSN: 0747-5632
WoS: 000396949400014
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85008233376
Institution/Community
Psihologija / PsychologyTY - JOUR AU - Milošević-Đorđević, Jasna AU - Žeželj, Iris PY - 2017 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2472 AB - Citizens can be active in their community through a diverse set of actions in real life or on online platforms. Since the emergence of the Internet, there has been continual debate about the impact of online activism on real-life activism: whilst some claim that "clictivism" creates the false sense of making a difference, and undermines real life activities, others say it actually fosters it. We therefore explored the relationship between online and offline activism, covering a range of engagement levels in eight different domains. Every offline activity had its online counterpart. The results draw from a probability sample of 1023 participants from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H), Macedonia, Montenegro and Kosovo aged between 13 and 18 years. A unidimensional model fit the data better than a two dimensional model, suggesting that one factor underlies both online and offline forms of civic action. Our data demonstrate that online and offline activisms are not independent constructs, and that offline activism does not constrain online activism and vice versa. The two combine in a new, so called "hybrid activism", comprised of very different forms of offline and online actions. PB - Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford T2 - Computers in Human Behavior T1 - Civic activism online: Making young people dormant or more active in real life? EP - 118 SP - 113 VL - 70 DO - 10.1016/j.chb.2016.12.070 ER -
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Milošević-Đorđević, J.,& Žeželj, I.. (2017). Civic activism online: Making young people dormant or more active in real life?. in Computers in Human Behavior Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford., 70, 113-118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.12.070
Milošević-Đorđević J, Žeželj I. Civic activism online: Making young people dormant or more active in real life?. in Computers in Human Behavior. 2017;70:113-118. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2016.12.070 .
Milošević-Đorđević, Jasna, Žeželj, Iris, "Civic activism online: Making young people dormant or more active in real life?" in Computers in Human Behavior, 70 (2017):113-118, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.12.070 . .