Abstract
The Internet has emerged as an important communication platform for the support of collective
action, but little is known about how it influences the psychosocial motives for participation. Two
quantitative studies were conducted within two different mobilizing contexts, in which offline
collective actions were launched through computer-mediated communication. We examined whether
and how the frequency with which people participated in online political discussions moderated the
effects of the psychosocial predictors of collective action, specifically politicized identity, anger,
collective efficacy, and morality. Results showed that collective action intention was predicted by
politicized identity only when participants reported a higher versus lower frequency of online
discussion. However, anger did not predict collective action when people had the chance to express
this emotion through a higher versus lower frequency of online discussion. Moreover, collective
efficacy and morality supported collective action intention in participants who reported a higher
versus lower frequency of online discussion. We theorize on how computer-mediated communication,
and its specific features, can be studied as a mobilizing context that influences the psychosocial
motives to participate in collective action.
Lingua originale | English |
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pagine (da-a) | 373-388 |
Numero di pagine | 16 |
Rivista | JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY & APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY |
DOI | |
Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2013 |
Keywords
- COLLECTIVE ACTION
- COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION
- INTERNET
- ONLINE DISCUSSION