Abstract

GARCIA LUENGO, Óscar. E-Activism: New Media and Political Participation in Europe. CONfines relacion. internaci. ciencia política [online]. 2006, vol.2, n.4, pp.59-71. ISSN 1870-3569.

The demonstrations in Spain on March 13^th, 2004 following the terrorist attacks in Madrid present an interesting challenge for political communication research. For the first time in the history of Spain, people employed communication technologies in order to create the dynamics of peaceful civil disobedience. Research on political communication has traditionally paid attention to the classic outlets in order to analyze the impact of media exposure on political affectation. Taking the cited framework as the main reference, this article compares the connection between political activism and the consumption of new and old media in European countries. Analyzing the use of these technologies is important because research on political communication has traditionally only focused on the classic media techniques to analyze the impact of media exposure on political disaffection. Therefore, using the March 13th demonstrations, this article compares the connection between political activism and the consumption of new and old media in European countries.

Keywords : media malaise; political activism; political participation; mass media.

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