Affordances of social media in collective action: the case of Free Lunch for Children in China
Affordances of social media in collective action: the case of Free Lunch for Children in China
This paper studies the socialised affordances of social media in the processes of collective action, exploring the role of technology in the under-researched area of civil society. We examine the case of Free Lunch for Children (FL4C), a charitable programme in China based on the microblogging platform, Weibo. Adopting the perspective of affordances-for-practice, we draw upon the collective action model to better understand the sociomaterial practices and social processes involving social media, and seek to address the ‘when’ and ‘how’ questions of affordances. The study generates theoretical and practical implications for understanding the role of social media in social transformation.
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Zheng, Yingqin
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Yu, Ai
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Zheng, Yingqin
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Yu, Ai
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Zheng, Yingqin and Yu, Ai
(2016)
Affordances of social media in collective action: the case of Free Lunch for Children in China.
Information Systems Journal, 26 (3), .
(doi:10.1111/isj.12096).
Abstract
This paper studies the socialised affordances of social media in the processes of collective action, exploring the role of technology in the under-researched area of civil society. We examine the case of Free Lunch for Children (FL4C), a charitable programme in China based on the microblogging platform, Weibo. Adopting the perspective of affordances-for-practice, we draw upon the collective action model to better understand the sociomaterial practices and social processes involving social media, and seek to address the ‘when’ and ‘how’ questions of affordances. The study generates theoretical and practical implications for understanding the role of social media in social transformation.
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Accepted/In Press date: 11 October 2015
e-pub ahead of print date: 26 January 2016
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/504358
ISSN: 1350-1917
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