Environmental Activism, Social Networks and the Internet
- 22 June 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The China Quarterly
- Vol. 198, 422-432
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0305741009000381
Abstract
Social networks and the internet both have a substantial individual effect on environmental activism in China. In this article, we speculate that social linking patterns between environmental actors, which often facilitate activism on the ground, may also exist in cyberspace in the form of an online network. The article addresses the following empirical questions. Does such an online network exist? If so, who are the constituent actors? Are these the same actors observed on the ground? In addressing these questions the article aims to contribute to the growing debate on the implications of the internet for the potential emergence of social movements in China.Keywords
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