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Web 2.0/Social Media

A comprehensive bibliograpghy of social media/Web 2.0 and activism would be difficult if not impossible. Many of the technologies in this group were well established by the time that the millinium changed and the Dean Campaign and the Arab Spring Movement cemented the usefulness of these technologies for social and political action. 

See also Nonprofit Social Media

General

Addison, C. (2006). Web 2.0: A new chapter in development practice? Development in practice. 16 (6), 623-627

Allsop, B. (2016). Social media and activism: A literature review. Social Psychology Review, 18(2), 35-40.

Bernstein, A. (2010). G.O.P. Winning social media battle by a large margin. New York: Headcount.  Retrieved from http://www.headcount.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/VIEW-REPORT1.pdf

Bryant, A. (2006). Wiki and the Agora: 'It's organizing Jim, but not as we know it'. Development in practice. 16 (6), 559-569.

Carlson, T.  & Strandberg, K. (2008). Riding the Web 2.0 Wave: Candidates on YouTube in the 2007 Finnish National Elections. Journal of Information technology and politics. 5 

Chang, A. & Kannan, P.K. (2008). Leveraging Web 2.0 in government. Washington, DC: IBM Center for the business of government.

Chon, M. G., & Park, H. (2020). Social media activism in the digital age: Testing an integrative model of activism on contentious issues. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 97(1), 72-97.

Feld, L & Wilcox, N (2008). Netroots rising. Westport, CT: Praeger.

Germany, J. B. (ed.) (2006). Person to person to person: Harnessing the political power of on-line social networks and user generated content. Washington, DC. The Institute for politics, democracy and the Internet, George Washington University.

Hong, H., & Kim, Y. (2021). What makes people engage in civic activism on social media?. Online Information Review. 45 (3), 562-576

Jonnson,P. (2010, February 6) As counter-media fuels tea party movement, main stream media catches on. Christian science monitor. Retrieved from http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2010/0206/As-counter-media-fuels-tea-party-movement-main-stream-media-catches-on

Kanter, B. & Fine, A. (2010). The Network nonprofit.  San Francisco: Jossey Bass.

Li, M., Turki, N., Izaguirre, C. R., DeMahy, C., Thibodeaux, B. L., & Gage, T. (2021). Twitter as a tool for social movement: An analysis of feminist activism on social media communities. Journal of community psychology, 49(3), 854-868.

Madden, M. & Fox, S. (2006). Riding the waves of “Web 2.0”. Backgrounder.  Washington, DC: Pew Internet and American Life Project. Retrieved from http://www.pewinternet.org on October 13, 2006.

McNutt, J.G., Curtis, K. OBoyle, T.& Fox, S. (2010). Coffee or Tea? An Examination of On-line Organizing Techniques of the Tea Party and Coffee Party Movements. Presented at  ARNOVA's 2010 Conference in Alexandria, VA, November 18-20, 2010  

McNutt, J.G. & Flanagan, M. (2007). Social Networking Choices and Environmental Advocacy Organizations: Implications for Global Social Justice. Paper presented at the 2007 Meeting of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, Atlanta, GA.

McNutt, J.G. & Quiero-Tajalli, I. (2007). Organizing the digital natives. Paper read at the 2007 Community development society/National Rural Development Society Conference symposium, Appleton, WI, June 17-20.

McNutt, J.G., Adler, G., Jones, J. & Menon, G.M. (2006). The Cyber commons responds to a major disaster: A Study of On-Line Volunteers in the Face of a Natural Disaster. Paper presented at the 35th Annual ARNOVA Conference, Chicago, IL, November.

Poell, T., & Van Dijck, J. (2015). Social media and activist communication. In The Routledge companion to alternative and community media (pp. 545-555). Routledge.

Sarno, D. (2009,February 27) Anti-stimulus tea parties light up Twitter, YouTube, Flickr and social media. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved fromhttp://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/02/anti-stimulus-t.html on March 26, 2010

Shirky, C. (2008). Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations. New York: Penguin.

Song, F. W. (2010). Theorizing Web 2.0. Information Communication Society, 13(2), 249-275. Routledge.

Stewart, M., & Schultze, U. (2019). Producing solidarity in social media activism: The case of My Stealthy Freedom. Information and organization, 29(3), 100251.

Blogs

Bloom, J. (2003). The Blogosphere: How a Once-Humble Medium Came to Drive Elite Media Discourse and Influence Public Policy and Elections. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The American Political Science Association, Philadelphia Marriott Hotel, Philadelphia Mariott Hotel.

Davis, R. (2010). Typing politics: The Role of Blogs in American Politics. New York: Oxford University Press.

Davis, R. (2005). Politics On-line: Blogs, chat rooms and discussion groups in American democracy. New York: Routledge.

Fiedler, T. (2008). Bloggers Push Past the Old Media's Gatekeepers. Neiman reports, 62 (2)

Jordan, L.A. (2008). Broadcast yourself (and others): How YouTube and blogging have changed the rules of the campaign. Hinckley journal of politics. 9. 75-84.

Kennedy,  (2008).Political Blogs: Teaching Us Lessons About Community. Neiman Reports. 62(2), 36-37.

Kerbel, M. R., & Bloom, J. D. (2005). Blog for America and civic involvement. Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, 10, 3-27.

Kerbel, M. (2008). Blogger Assessments of the Political and Social Effectiveness of the Progressive Blogosphere Paper presented at the annual meeting of the MPSA Annual National Conference, Palmer House Hotel, Hilton, Chicago, IL, April

McKenna, L. (2006). Getting The Word Out": Policy Bloggers Use Their Soap Box To Make Change.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Marriott, Loews Philadelphia, and the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA, August, 2006

Metzgar, E. (2008). Blogs and State Politics: State-Focused Blogs in the United States. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the APSA 2008 Annual Meeting, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Aug 28, 2008

Perlmutter, D. (2008). Blogwars. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press.

Trammell, K.D., & Ferdig, R.E. (2004). Pedagogical implications of classroom blogging. Academic Exchange Quarterly, 8(4), 60 - 64.

Williams, A.P., & Trammell, K.D. (2005). Candidate campaign e-mail messages in the presidential election 2004. American Behavioral Scientist, 49(4), 560 - 574.

Williams, A.P., Trammell, K.D., Postelnicu, M., Landreville, K.D., & Martin, J.D. (2005). Blogging and hyperlinking: Use of the Web to enhance viability during 2004 U.S. campaigns. Journalism Studies, 6 (2), 177 - 186.

Zuniga, M.M. (2008). Taking on the system: Rules for radical change in a digital era.  New York: Celebra.

Wikis

Bryant, A. (2006). Wiki and the Agora: 'It's organizing Jim, but not as we know it'. Development in practice. 16 (6), 559-569.

Social Networking Sites

Gueorguieva, V. (2008.). Voters, MySpace, and YouTube: The Impact of Alternative Communication Channels on the 2008 Election Cycle and Beyond. Social Science Computer Review, 26:288-300

Hogan, B. (2008), Analyzing Social Networks via the Internet. In Fielding, N., Lee, R. & Blank, G. (Eds.), Sage Handbook of Online Research Methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, pp. 141-160.

 Martin, K. (2008). The Effects of Social Networking Websites and Youth Voter Participation" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the APSA 2008 Annual Meeting, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts. August.

Sanders, T. H. (2005). E-Associations? Using technology to connect citizens: The case of meetup.com. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. Washington, DC. September.

Williams, C. B., Weinberg, B.D. & Gordon, J.A. (2004). When Online and Offline politics "Meetup:" An examination of the phenomenon, Presidential campaign and its citizen activists. Paper presented at the 2004 Annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, September 2-5.

Williams, C.B. &  Gordon, J. (2004). The Meetup presidency. Campaigns and elections. 24 (6), 46-47.

Williams, C.B. &  Gulati, J. (2007).  Social Networks in Political Campaigns: Facebook and the 2006 Midterm Elections. Prepared for delivery at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, August 30 – September 2, 2007.

Williams, C.B. (2008). What Is a Social Network Worth? Facebook and Vote Share in the 2008 Presidential Primaries Paper presented at the annual meeting of the APSA 2008 Annual Meeting, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts, August

Williams, C & Gulati, G (2008).  "Your Money or Your Network: Indicators of Presidential Candidate Viability in the 2008 Nomination Contest" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the MPSA Annual National Conference, Palmer House Hotel, Hilton, Chicago, March.

Winograd, M. & Hais, M. (2007). Millennial makeover: MySpace, YouTube and the Future of American politics. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press.

Video Sharing Sites

Christensen, C. (2008).  Uploading dissonance: YouTube and the US occupation of Iraq. Media, War & Conflict, 1, (2), 155-175

Grove, S. (2008). YouTube: The Flattening of politics. Neiman reports. 62 (2).28-30.

Gueorguieva, V. (2008.). Voters, MySpace, and YouTube: The Impact of Alternative Communication Channels on the 2008 Election Cycle and Beyond. Social Science Computer Review, 26:288-300.

Jordan, L.A. (2008). Broadcast yourself (and others): How YouTube and blogging have changed the rules of the campaign. Hinckley journal of politics. 9. 75-84.

Lang, P. (2008). Publicly private and privately public. Social Networking on YouTube. Journal of computer mediated communications 13, 361-380.

Long, R. (2008, April 7). On no you can't: Amateur propagandists in the YouTube age.  National review. 60 (6), 22.

Naim, M. (2007). The YouTube effect.  Foreign policy 158, 104.

Salmond, R (2008). The Demand Side of Negative Advertising: Online Video Presentations in Election Campaigns Paper presented at the annual meeting of the APSA 2008 Annual Meeting, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts, August.

Wallsten, K.. (2008). Yes We Can": How Online Viewership, Blog Discussion and Mainstream Media Coverage Produced a Viral Video Phenomenon.  Paper presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, MA.

Winograd, M. & Hais, M. (2007). Millennial makeover: MySpace, YouTube and the Future of American politics. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press.

Glassman, M, Straus, J.R. & Shogun, C.J. (2009). Social Networking and constituency communication:  Member Use of Twitter during a two month period in the 111th Congress.  Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service.

McNutt, J.G. (2010). social networking and constituent relationships at the state level:  connecting government to citizens in a time of crisis. Paper Read at the Northeast Conference on Public Administration (NECoPA) Newark, New Jersey - October 22-23, 2010

Senak, M. (2010). Twongress: The Power of Twitter in Congress. Retrieved from Eye on FDA  www.eyeonfda.com.

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