The coup that flopped: Facebook as a platform for emotional protest

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11230%2F16%3A10328853" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11230/16:10328853 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5210/fm.v21i1.6333" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.5210/fm.v21i1.6333</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5210/fm.v21i1.6333" target="_blank" >10.5210/fm.v21i1.6333</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The coup that flopped: Facebook as a platform for emotional protest

Original language description

This paper develops the idea that recent "networked" social movements are driven by emotions and provides an analysis of the role of emotions in movement mobilization. The case study focuses on the 2013 protests against a "coup" within the Czech Social Democratic Party. The protests had an immediate impact, resulting in a series of demonstrations, mainstream media attention and a successful overturning of the "coup". The movement's Facebook page served as an important catalyst for the protest. We argue that the movement's success can be explained by its emphasis on perceived issues of morality. As people tend to gather on Facebook to express their feelings, social media become a primary conduit for emotional protest, which can be subsequently taken to the streets.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AO - Sociology, demography

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/GA14-05575S" target="_blank" >GA14-05575S: The role of social media in transformation of political communication and citizen participation in the Czech Republic</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

First Monday

ISSN

1396-0466

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

21

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

DK - DENMARK

Number of pages

33

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84958211454