A “Two-Level Social Capital Analysis” of the Role of Online Communication in Civic Activism: Lessons From the Role of Facebook in the Sunflower Movement:

Social Media + Society

Panayiota Tsatsou¹ 

关键词: civic activism;    online communication;    social capital;    social media;    Sunflower Movement;    Taiwan;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2056305116671967

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

In this article, we propose a “two-level social capital analysis” for the study of the role of online communication in new, contemporary forms of civic activism. We assess the applicability and value of the proposed analytical framework in a small-scale study of the role of Facebook in Taiwan’s Sunflower Movement. The case study showcases that the proposed two-level social capital analysis can offer depth and nuance in the analysis of the role of online and social media platforms such as Facebook in civic activism by unpacking the attributes of online social capital and untangling their links to offline activism undertaken within complex, both online and offline, forces and actors. At the same time, we acknowledge the need for further evaluation of the proposed analytical framework, and we note lessons that future research should take into account.

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC