What is (de)politicization and what is wrong with it?
Abstract This article attempts to clarify the meaning of (de)politicization. Politicization sometimes refers to the inappropriate intrusion of partisan loyalties in nonpolitical social domains (affective politicization). Politicization can also constitute an ideal of civic agency and energy (contestatory politicization).
Dimitrios Halikias
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Volunteers' diverse and unexpected knowledge practices in contributory citizen science. [PDF]
Gonzalez Canada D +2 more
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Citizen journalism, limits of the journalism work
Citizen journalism has become a concern for journalists, media industry and for communication theorists trying to decipher the apparently secret keys of this new way of communication. Among all the related texts, we miss a clear categorization of this communicative way.
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Perfecting Exit: The Politics of Quitting Among Migrant Care Workers in the United States
ABSTRACT Quitting tends to be overlooked in studies of resistance and labor because of its individual and private character, its ineffectiveness in changing conditions of labor, and the difficulty of studying it, in favor of more organized and public protests and strikes.
Cati Coe
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Rethinking social action through the info-ecological dimensions of two collaborative public health platforms: the people's health movement and the citizen sense project platforms as examples of health-net-activism. [PDF]
Surrenti S, Di Felice M.
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“Citizen Journalism”, a new phenomenon of journalism?
The 21st century, which is characterized by the digital world and new social changes, allows citizens to take an active role in social communication, generating at the same time new ways of reporting both in the media and by virtual means. These changes together with the loss of credibility of the traditional media has generated the appearance of ...
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On 3‐MMC: A Cathinone I Have Come to Know and Love
ABSTRACT This article attempts to complicate the mythology of a compound in a state of becoming. I will trace lightly its origins as a cultural disruptor and how I am implicated in this imperative. Introducing you to 3‐MMC will require multiple modes of storytelling and taking of liberties, drawing on literature reviews, practice‐based research, prose,
Carmen Ostrander
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Trust as a Driver of Pro-Ecological Behaviour: The Power of Experts and Interpersonal Networks in a Low-Trust Context. [PDF]
Hristova V +3 more
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ABSTRACT This paper explores the limits of mission‐directed entrepreneurial states by drawing on the theory of recombinant innovation and F.A. Hayek's insights on the spontaneous growth of knowledge in society. First, the use of discretionary policymaking curtails the range of knowledge generated in the process of social interaction, limiting the scope
Bryan Cheang, Praharsh Mehrotra
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Preventive Strategies Against Disinformation: A Study on Digital and Information Literacy Activities Led by Fact-Checking Organisations. [PDF]
Arribas CM, Gertrudix M, Arcos R.
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