作者: Akemi Takeoka Chatfield , Reza Akbari , Nima Mirzayi , Hans J. Scholl
关键词: Empirical research 、 Social system 、 Public sphere 、 Government 、 Political science 、 Agency (sociology) 、 Social media 、 Face (sociological concept) 、 Democracy 、 Public relations
摘要: It has been argued that hierarchical 'command and control' leadership is required to coordinate massive rapid military or disaster response. Against this, the concept of leaderless 'social media revolution' refers wide-spread use Web 2.0 social by ordinary citizens transform public sphere engage in collective political action, including coordinating protests against government. However, conceptual empirical research efforts remain scarce date. This draws on emergent perspective causal agency effecting change systems examine our proposition interactive effects networked publics would for conversation when democracy much desired citizens. We then discuss online survey results key findings Iranian Face book users' views experiences before, during, after 2009 Presidential election aftermath citizen protests.