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Born in the blogosphere, staged in the streets: austerity and urban social movements in Lisbon
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Social media can ease the access to a large number of contacts, thus enabling social movements to reach a critical mass (Valenzuela 2013; Lovejoy and Saxton 2012). Recently, social movements, mainly in the form of street protests that have been taking place all over the world (Egypt, US, Spain, Portugal, etc.). were amplified through social media, which has acted as a mobiliziogand organizingvehicle for them (Valenzuela 2013; Lim 2012). Social media can emerge as an alternative space for users (activists), complementing traditional protests rooted in public/physical urban spaces, as discussion forums, informal learning networks and other spaces of exchanging and learning in social collectives. However, according to Lim (2014), although they may have been figuratively exalted in the social media spaces, these social movements have materialized specially in the streets. Most of these movements are non-formal networks, unstructured, voluntary associations (Callahan 2013); and most disregard political parties, distrust the traditional (mainstream) media, do
not recognize any formal ]eadership and reject any formal organization; they tend to search for support for collective discussion and decision—making on the Internet and in local assemblies (Castells 2013).
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Blogosphere Austerity Social movements Lisbon
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Queirós, M., Roque, A. R., Quintela, P. & Vitoriano, N. (2015). Born in the blogosphere, staged in the streets: austerity and urban social movements in Lisbon. In. E. Gualini, J. M. Mourato, & M. Allegra (Eds.). Conflict in the city. Contested urban spaces and local democracy (pp. 197-216). Jovis. ISBN: 978-3-86859-355-6