Intercreativity: Mapping Online Activism

Citation

Meikle G (2010) Intercreativity: Mapping Online Activism. In: Hunsinger J & Klastrup LMA (eds.) International Handbook of Internet Research. Dortrecht: Springer, pp. 363-377. http://www.springer.com/computer/general+issues/book/978-1-4020-9788-1

Abstract
How do activists use the Internet? This chapter maps a wide range of activist practice and research by applying and developing Tim Berners-Lee's concept of ‘intercreativity' (1999). It identifies four dimensions of Net activism: intercreative texts, tactics, strategies and networks. It develops these through examples of manifestations of Net activism around one cluster of issues: support campaigns for refugees and asylum seekers.

Keywords
Internet; Activism; Interactivity; Intercreativity