ONLINE AND OFFLINE ACTIVISM. LITERATURE REVIEW
ONLINE AND OFFLINE ACTIVISM. LITERATURE REVIEW

Summary/Abstract: The article examines the literature regarding the role of the Internet in mobilizing people in protest participation and the link between online activism and offline activism. First, the paper shows the emergence of the media communications as instruments of mobilizing people in social movements. Then, the article reveals a discussion upon the literature reviewed, examining critically the research analysis. The paper is important to promote the relevance of the social movement’s studies through the online networks and to show the role of the Internet in mobilizing people. Studying the online networks and their members, how they are recruited and interact online with other members and their participation in offline actions, it is a new way for studies concerning the nature of the protests, how can they emerge and how can they be conducted, if people are participating on these protests guided by masses beliefs and opinions, or being conducted by their interests. Synthesizing the literature regarding social movements, the study opens the way to new researches that can explain better the collective actions.

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