I am happy to announce that the paper “Non-participation in digital media: Toward a framework of mediated political action” written by Nathalie Casemajor (Université du Québec en Outatouais), Stéphane Couture (McGill University), Matt Goerzen (McGill University), Alessandro Delfanti (University of California Davis) and myself, has been accepted by Media, Culture and Society and will be published in 2015 (See abstract below).
Download a preprint of the paper here: http://escholarship.org/uc/item/5mg8m5dw
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Me complace anunciar que el artículo “No-participación en medios digitales: Hacia un marco para la acción política mediada” escrito por Nathalie Casemajor (Université du Québec en Outatouais), Stéphane Couture (McGill University), Matt Goerzen (McGill University), Alessandro Delfanti (University of California Davis) y yo, ha sido aceptado por la revista Media, Culture and Society y será publicado en 2015 (Ver sumilla en inglés, al final de este post).
Descarga una copia de la pre-publicación (en inglés) aquí: http://escholarship.org/uc/item/5mg8m5dw
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Non-participation in digital media: Toward a framework of mediated political action
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ABSTRACT:
This paper explores the notion of digital non-participation as a form of mediated political action rather than as mere passivity. We generally conceive of participation in a positive sense, as a means for empowerment and a condition for democracy. However, participation is not the only way to achieve political goals in the digital sphere, and can be hampered by the “dark sides” of participatory media, such as surveillance or disempowering forms of interaction. In fact, practices aimed at abandoning or blocking participatory platforms can be seen as politically significant and relevant. We propose here to conceptualize these activities by developing a framework that includes both participation and non-participation. Focusing on the political dimensions of digital practices, we draw four categories: active participation, passive participation, active non- participation, and passive non-participation. This is not intended as a conclusive classification, but rather as a conceptual tool to understand the relational nature of participation and non-participation through digital media. The evolution of the technologies and practices that compose the digital sphere forces us to reconsider the concept of political participation itself.
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