Collective action in organizations : interaction and engagement in an era of technological change

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Label

Collective action in organizations : interaction and engagement in an era of technological change

Title remainder

interaction and engagement in an era of technological change

Statement of responsibility

Bruce Bimber, Andrew J. Flanagin, Cynthia Stohl

Creator

• Bimber, Bruce A., (Bruce Allen), 1961-

Contributor

• Stohl, Cynthia
• Flanagin, Andrew J.

Author

• Bimber, Bruce A., (Bruce Allen), 1961-
• Flanagin, Andrew J.
• Stohl, Cynthia

Subject

• MoveOn.org
• Pressure groups -- United States
• AARP (Organization)
• American Legion
• Associations, institutions, etc. -- United States
• Lobbying -- United States

Language

eng

Summary

Challenging the notion that digital media render traditional, formal organizations irrelevant, this book offers a new theory of collective action and organizing. Based on extensive surveys and interviews with members of three influential and distinctive organizations in the United States - The American Legion, AARP and MoveOn - the authors reconceptualize collective action as a phenomenon in which technology enhances people's ability to cross boundaries in order to interact with one another and engage with organizations. By developing a theory of Collective Action Space, Bimber, Flanagin and Stohl explore how people's attitudes, behaviors, motivations, goals and digital media use are related to their organizational involvement. They find that using technology does not necessarily make people more likely to act collectively, but contributes to a diversity of 'participatory styles', which hinge on people's interaction with one another and the extent to which they shape organizational agendas. In the digital media age, organizations do not simply recruit people into roles, they provide contexts in which people are able to construct their own collective experiences

Member of

• Communication, society and politics
• Online access with EBA: Cambridge Books Online

Cataloging source

UkCbUP

Dewey number

322.40973

Index

index present

LC call number

JF529

LC item number

.B585 2012

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Communication, society and politics