Translocal Frame Extensions in a Networked Protest: situating the #IdleNoMore hashtag

The aim of the present study was to examine how locally situated social movements can use social media to deploy translocally networked forms of protests. The study looks at the Canadian Idle No More movement, an indigenous and environmental grassroots initiative that emerged around the end of 2012...

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Autores: Dahlberg-Grundberg, Michael, Lindgren, Simon
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/33082
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11441/33082
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Idle No More
Twitter
Issue publics
Frame analysis
Social movements
Translocality
Framing theory
Hashtag
Asuntos de relevancia pública
Análisis de marcos
Movimientos sociales
Traslocalidad
Teoría de los marcos
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Sumario:The aim of the present study was to examine how locally situated social movements can use social media to deploy translocally networked forms of protests. The study looks at the Canadian Idle No More movement, an indigenous and environmental grassroots initiative that emerged around the end of 2012 and the beginning of 2013 as a reaction to previous neglect of indigenous groups and to the omnibus bill proposal C-45 (which threatened both the partial sovereignty of indigenous territories and the Canadian environment). Focusing on the -decentralized and heterogeneous- movement’s Twitter use in general, and the employment of the hashtag #idlenomore in particular, the study examines to which extent and how Twitter may be a means for establishing bonds between geographically dispersed social movements.