RESEARCHING COLLECTIVE ACTION THROUGH NETWORKS: TAKING STOCK AND LOOKING FORWARD

In: Mobilization: the international quarterly review of social movement research, Band 19, Heft 4, S. 363-368

Abstract

Guest editing a special issue on networks and collective action could be interpreted as a response to the ubiquitous use of these terms in both public and academic discourses. As others have noted, thinking that 'networks are everywhere' has become a daily routine (Brandes, Robins, McCranie, and Wasserman 2013: 2). Underpinning such a motto is the diffusion of new information and communication technologies (ICTs), the Internet and social media in particular. ICTs have become a primary global infrastructure for the construction of relations across individuals, organizations, institutions, contents, and information in all domains. Adapted from the source document.