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How inclusive is digital activism?TRANSCRIPT
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Fighting for your fundamental rights online and offline. How inclusive is
digital activism?La lluita pels teus drets bàsics online i
offline. Com és d’inclusiu l’activisme digital?
La lucha por tus derechos básicos online y offline. ¿Cuán inclusivo es el activismo
digital?
Alina Östling@AlinaOstling
conference / conferencia / conferència:
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HOW INCLUSIVE IS DIGITAL ACTIVISM?
Alina Östling
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My research• Online user surveys:–my own– Escher (2011), –Whyte et al. (2005)– Åström & Sedelius (2010)
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Geographic coverage• Sweden• UK• France• Italy
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Parliamentary monitoring
e-petition
Local/national projects
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Example of a PM project
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Inclusiveness?• Women:– 16-34 % parliamentary monitoring – 35-38% e-petitioning
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Inclusiveness?Lower-educated: ~20 % fewer
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Inclusiveness?Age:– high average: ~45– under-25: consistently
underrepresented
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Inclusiveness?• Persons with disability:– Generally underrepresented, esp. in e-
petitioning
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Experience & skills Already politically active Advanced digital skills
more than their co-nationals
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In sum • ‘Reinforcement’ thesis: empowering
the already empowered• Less inclusive than other, offline,
forms contact media or politicians, demonstrate (Eurostat, ESS)
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On the bright side…• Stimulus for learning & deeper
engagement• Those who DO engage:– Better understanding of politics (up to
80%)–More interested (up to 78%)
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On the bright side…• Stimulus to participation• 40-50% never engaged online before• Up to 98% are more prone to participate in
the future
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Conclusion• The hype about participation for
all and direct democracy is over• Digital activism projects are not
quick fixes, but complex processes of social change
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Digital activism is:An opportunity: – to revive citizens’ trust in political
institutions; now very low (Rosanvallon 2008; Morlino 2009; Eurobarometer 2012)
– offering alternative means of participation
A threat: if equality is not addressed, an elite will dominate also online politics
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