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Intercreativity: Mapping Online Activism

Author : Graham Meikle

Published in: International Handbook of Internet Research

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Abstract

How do activists use the Internet? This article maps a wide range of activist practice and research by applying and developing Tim Berners-Lee’s concept of ‘intercreativity’ (1999). It identifies four dimensions of Net activism: intercreative texts, tactics, strategies and networks. It develops these through examples of manifestations of Net activism around one cluster of issues: support campaigns for refugees and asylum seekers.

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Metadata
Title
Intercreativity: Mapping Online Activism
Author
Graham Meikle
Copyright Year
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Book
International Handbook of Internet Research

Print ISBN: 978-1-4020-9788-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4020-9789-8

Copyright Year: 2010

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9789-8_22

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