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2019 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

7. Local Sustainability Groups and Social Media

Author : Geoffrey Craig

Published in: Media, Sustainability and Everyday Life

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK

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Abstract

This chapter investigates the use of social media, and specifically Facebook, by local sustainability groups. The chapter firstly discusses the concept of ecological citizenship and considers the character of the environmental activism of local sustainability groups that focus on everyday sustainability. It also outlines particular understandings of the ‘local’ and the ‘community’ in everyday sustainability. The role of Facebook in identity formation and community engagement is discussed before an analysis of Facebook usage by four different local sustainability groups that reveals a strong involvement by females in the groups, a focus on the group’s local community with less orientation to global environmental perspectives, and the importance of Facebook as sites of emotional engagement and support.

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Metadata
Title
Local Sustainability Groups and Social Media
Author
Geoffrey Craig
Copyright Year
2019
Book
Media, Sustainability and Everyday Life

Print ISBN: 978-1-137-53468-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-137-53469-9

Copyright Year: 2019

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-53469-9_7