ESRC review: citizenship and politics

Yates, S. J., Wessels, B. , Hepburn, P., Frame, A. and Weerakkoody, V. (2020) ESRC review: citizenship and politics. In: Yates, S. J. and Rice, R. E. (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Digital Technology and Society. Series: Oxford handbooks. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190932596 (doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190932596.013.14)

Abstract

This chapter describes the analyses and results for the ESRC Domain of Citizenship and Politics, guided by two main questions: How digital technology impacts on our autonomy, agency, and privacy; Whether and how our understanding of citizenship is evolving in the digital age. It first provides an initial overview of the major insights from the literature review and analysis, the Delphi surveys, and workshop discussions about the relevant range of the concepts of citizenship and politics in a digital age. Over time the literature shows a shift from issues of public sphere and use of the Internet by government and candidates to more focus on political participation and engagement, especially through online communities, social networks, and social media. Eight main topics emerged: public sphere, measurement, social network analysis, protest and activism, governance, elections, cyber hate crime, and partisan politics. The analyses also highlighted theory, methods, and approaches in the literature. The review provides examples of literature in the project’s time period that illustrate these topics. The chapter ends with a discussion of considerable future research directions (e.g., mobilization and radicalization) and research challenges (e.g., managing big data, and ethical issues).

• Item Type: Book Sections
• Status: Published
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Wessels, Professor Bridgette
• Authors: Yates, S. J., Wessels, B., Hepburn, P., Frame, A., and Weerakkoody, V.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Sociology Anthropology and Applied Social Sciences
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• ISBN: 9780190932596
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © Oxford University Press 2020
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher

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