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The 10-year anniversary of intense protest in Greece and the role of Facebook

The 10-year anniversary of intense protest in Greece and the role of Facebook This study provides a comparative analysis of collective meaning-making processes by unpacking activists’ discourses (within and in relation to their polis) and online (on Facebook) during the financial, post-financial, and COVID-19 crises in Greece (2011–2021). By analyzing 71 semi-structured interviews with activists and 14,475 Facebook posts, we first evaluate actors’ identity progression, then identify the differences and commonalities between activists’ discourses attached to their collectivity, by investigating the role of Facebook therein. Our findings indicate that activists’ efforts to delimitate their identity, primarily around the detachment of citizens from their polis, paved the way for the (re)invention of the meaning-making practices of each collectivity. Thus, the formation of an overarching identity of the citizen as an activist-subject unites subjects over power struggles, despite their political differences. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Information Technology & Politics Taylor & Francis

The 10-year anniversary of intense protest in Greece and the role of Facebook

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Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Copyright
© 2023 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
ISSN
1933-169x
eISSN
1933-1681
DOI
10.1080/19331681.2023.2168818
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Abstract

This study provides a comparative analysis of collective meaning-making processes by unpacking activists’ discourses (within and in relation to their polis) and online (on Facebook) during the financial, post-financial, and COVID-19 crises in Greece (2011–2021). By analyzing 71 semi-structured interviews with activists and 14,475 Facebook posts, we first evaluate actors’ identity progression, then identify the differences and commonalities between activists’ discourses attached to their collectivity, by investigating the role of Facebook therein. Our findings indicate that activists’ efforts to delimitate their identity, primarily around the detachment of citizens from their polis, paved the way for the (re)invention of the meaning-making practices of each collectivity. Thus, the formation of an overarching identity of the citizen as an activist-subject unites subjects over power struggles, despite their political differences.

Journal

Journal of Information Technology & PoliticsTaylor & Francis

Published: Oct 2, 2023

Keywords: Social movements; Indignados; Irianna’s movement; COVID-19; collective identity; Facebook; Greece

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