Pdf the logic of connective action lance bennett academia. Digital media and the personalization of contentious politics taylor. In logic, a logical connective also called a logical operator, sentential connective, or sentential operator is a symbol or word used to connect two or more sentences of either a formal or a natural language in a grammatically valid way, such that the value of the compound sentence produced depends only on that of the original sentences and on the meaning of the connective. The familiar logic of collective action associated with high levels of organizational resources and the formation of collective identities, and the less familiar logic of connective action based on personalized content sharing across media networks. Theoretical framework based on the concepts of frames pdf two faces of collective action frames a theoretical pdf framing processes and social movements an overview pdf the framing perspective on social movements its. The best answer to this question comes from a book that is almost 40 years old.
It is a term that has formulations and theories in many areas of the social sciences including psychology, sociology, anthropology, political science and economics. Hong kong baptist university hkbu institutional repository. The analysis shows that the protests followed the logic of connective action based on the use of flexible, easily personalized action frames, which were wellembedded in local cultural narratives referencing the struggle for polands independence and resistance against an oppressive state. The logic of connective action shows how political action is coordinated and power is organized in communicationbased networks, and what political outcomes may result. Public goods and the theory of groups is a book by mancur olson, jr. Lance bennett, university of washington, seattle, alexandra segerberg, stockholm university. The logic of connective action foregrounds a different set of dynamics from the ones just outlined.
The logic of connective action explains the rise of a personalized digitally networked politics in which diverse individuals address the common problems of our times such as economic fairness and climate change. Collective action refers to action taken together by a group of people whose goal is to enhance their status and achieve a common objective. This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by. Rather, we desire to provide a new perspective for internet mediated social movements through an examination of the sunflower student movement. It explicates how the umbrella movement is similar to but also different from the idealtypical networked social movement and crowdenabled connective action. The logic of connective action s central contribution, discussed in the conclusive chapter, is that it succeeds in its aim to provide a general theoretical framework for understanding protest dynamics that the classic collective action logic does not adequately explain. Social networking has been described as at the centre of these dynamics of engagement. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. The concept of action is of central interest to many disciplines. Rich case studies from the united states, the united kingdom, and germany illustrate a theoretical framework for understanding how largescale con.
The logic of connective action assets cambridge university press. The logic of connective action explains the rise of a personalized digitally networked politics in which diverse individuals address the common problems of our. To explore this shift, bennett and segerberg coin the concept of connective action, a form of contentious action based on sharing personalised contents through. Health activism and the logic of connective action. Cambridge studies in contentious politics includes bibliographical references and index.
Rich case studies from the united states, the united kingdom and germany illustrate a theoretical framework for understanding. The logic of connective action explains the rise of a personalized, digi tally networked politics in which diverse individuals address the common problemsofourtimes,suchaseconomicfairnessandclimatechange. At the core of this logic is the recognition of digital media as organizing agents. Pdf framing processes and social movements an overview collective action within the household insights from collective action recipes in a circular economy on waste ppt social movements powerpoint presentation free. After this document was written, i learned of the following reference that deals with the logic of ifthenelse. The logic of connective action collective action within the household insights from. The ones marked may be different from the article in the profile. All books are in clear copy here, and all files are secure so dont worry about it. This exploratory work investigates the role of digital media in expanding health discourse practices in a way to. W lance bennett and alexandra segerberg, the logic of connective action. The familiar logic of collective action associated with high levels of organizational resources and the formation of collective identities, and the less familiar logic of connective action based on.
The term connective action can therefore be understood as a specific type or formation of protest action resulting from a distinctive process of mobilization. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. The familiar logic of collective action associated with high levels of organizational resources and the formation of collective identities. Access to society journal content varies across our titles. The logic of connective action explains the rise of a personalized, digi tally networked politics in which diverse individuals address the common problems of. Some of these action formations contain relatively small roles for formal brick and mortar organizations. In this brief outline, the results of the logic of collective action are used to explain economic policy decisions. It argues that understanding such variations in largescale action networks requires distinguishing between at least two logics that may be in play. The logic of the ternary sentential connective ifthenelse.
It develops a theory of political science and economics of concentrated benefits versus diffuse costs. Connective versus collective action in social movements. It explains why the umbrella movement should be seen as a case in which the logic of connective action intervenes into a planned collective action. Digital media and the personalization of contentious politics. The logic of connective action, we suggest, entails a dynamic of its own and thus deserves analysis on its own analytical terms. This cited by count includes citations to the following articles in scholar. This suggests the following, stronger interpretation of the sentential connective ifthenelse. The logic of connective action cambridge university press. The logic of connective action asks a timely question, namely how digitally networked action works in an era of increasingly personalised political participation p. A case study of rare disease patient organisations. The logic of connective action offers a framework and a rich set of case studies to explain these increasingly common forms of public engagement with contemporary issues, and to show how they complement more conventional models of collective action in contentious politics. The connective thus defined violates almost all of the traditional principles of conditional logic, but it obeys an interesting logic of its own. In the former, introducing digital media do not change the core dynamics of the action. Rich case studies from the united states, the united kingdom and germany illustrate a theoretical framework for understanding how largescale connective action is coordinated.
Andrew chadwick, professor of political science and codirector of the new political communication unit, royal holloway, university of london from the arab spring to the occupy movement, from turkey to brazil, rapid and unexpected mass mobilizations keep. Read online ab4c5the logic of connective action digital media and. When people who seek more personalized paths to concerted action are familiar with practices of social networking in everyday life, and when they have access to technologies from mobile phones to computers, they are already familiar with a different logic of organization. If you have access to a journal via a society or association membership, please browse to your society journal, select an article to view, and follow the instructions in this box. The logic of connective action explains the rise of a perso. We show that if action operators count as logical symbols, then such a logic has restricted interpolation property iff the number of agents does not. The logic of action is the formal study of action in which formal languages are the main tool of analysis. The logic of action stanford encyclopedia of philosophy.
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