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Digital media and the dynamics of civil society : retooling citizenship in new EU democracies / Maria Bakardjieva, Stina Bengtsson, Göran Bolin and Kjell Engelbrekt

Bengtsson, Stina [Verfasserin/Verfasser] ; Bolin, Göran [Verfasserin/Verfasser] ; Engelbrekt, Kjell [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

Lanham, Maryland ; London : Rowman & Littlefield, 2021 [©2021]

1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 258 Seiten)

Englisch

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978-1-78661-640-1

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LOC-SH: Digital media-Political aspects

This book advances the theoretical, normative and practical understanding of civil society under the conditions of digital mediatization and in relation to a set of particular historical and geopolitical circumstances.

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Digital Media and the Dynamics of Civil Society -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Box, Figures and Tables -- Acronyms -- Introduction -- Civil Society and Civic Engagement -- The Benefits of Comparative Research -- Theoretical Toolbox -- The Media Landscape as Environment for Civic Action -- Social Imaginaries of Citizenship and Digital Media -- Civic Culture, Space and Practice -- A Note on Methodology -- Chapter Outline -- 1 Why Civil Society Again: The Return of an Intellectual Jedi -- Civil Society's Intellectual Career: A Rough Semantic Topology -- Eastern Promises: The Winding Path of the Civil Society Concept in CEE -- The NGO Boom: Imported versus Grassroots Civil Society -- The Civic Imaginary -- The Media in Civil Society -- 2 Media Landscapes, Digital Infrastructure and Social Imaginary -- Media Landscapes as Material and Symbolic Structures -- The Material, Organizational and Symbolic Dimensions of the Media Landscape -- The Bulgarian Media Landscape -- The Estonian Media Landscape -- Frameworks for CSOs -- The Subjective Dimension of the Media Landscape -- Points of Contrast -- 3 Digital Media and the Variable Modes of Participation -- Broader Media Cultures: TV, Radio and Press -- The First-Level Digital Divide: Media Technologies and Generational Shifts -- The Second-Level Digital Divide: Sites and Spaces of Digital Media -- Participation in and through the Media: Digital Media and Everyday Practices -- The Internet and Civic Engagement: Public Affairs and Political Issues -- Civic Culture and the Digital Imaginary: A Third Digital Divide -- 4 Digital Media and the Variable Modes of Civic Engagement -- Bringing Activism Down to Earth -- Methodology -- Demographic Snapshot of the Engaged Citizens -- The Regular Participants -- The Occasional Participants -- Online versus Offline Engagement -- Civic Engagement and Media Use.