Since 2009, there has been an increase in global protests and related online activity. Yet, it
is unclear how and why online activity is related to the mobilization of offline collective …

Social media is increasingly used for social protest, but does internet-enabled action lead to
'slacktivism'or promote increased activism? We show that the answer to this question …

Social scientific models of protest activity emphasize instrumental motives associated with
rational self-interest and beliefs about group efficacy and symbolic motives associated with …

Does collective identity drive protest participation? A long line of research argues that
collective identity can explain why protesters do not free ride and how specific movement …

Highlights•Several inherent characteristics of social media facilitate online
activism.•Evidence for slacktivism (online collective action hinders offline action) is …

The purpose of this pre‐registered study was to investigate how different ideological groups
justified and mobilised collective action online. We collected 6878 posts from the social …

Do images affect online political mobilization? If so, how? These questions are of
fundamental importance to scholars of social movements, contentious politics, and political …

Passive online media use refers to the act of merely reading and observing political
information on a users' feed. Alternatively, active use refers to the conscious decision to …

Purpose–Building on studies examining the role of social media in contemporary forms of
collective action and social movements, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the link …

The rise of the Internet and social media has allowed individuals with different backgrounds,
experiences, and opinions to communicate with one another in an open and largely …