Exploring the Empowerment Effects of the Internet on Active Publics

dc.contributor.advisorToth, Elizabethen_US
dc.contributor.authorHalvorson, Eriken_US
dc.contributor.departmentCommunicationen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2008-04-22T16:08:41Z
dc.date.available2008-04-22T16:08:41Z
dc.date.issued2007-12-10en_US
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to explore the effects of the Internet on the power of active publics using qualitative in-depth interviews with 19 human rights advocates. The study examines how the participants make meaning of power, use the Internet to achieve their goals, and the extent to which they feel empowered by the Internet. The results suggested four types of power in human rights advocacy, while advocates themselves rely primarily on the power of persuasion to achieve objectives. While the Internet has led to empowerment in some limited instances, no uniform empowerment for advocates was suggested by the data. The findings suggest numerous practical uses for Internet technologies in advocacy as well as important themes and theories to be incorporated into future studies.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/7800
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledMass Communicationsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPublic Relationsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledInterneten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPoweren_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledActive Publicen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledHuman Rightsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledAdvocacyen_US
dc.titleExploring the Empowerment Effects of the Internet on Active Publicsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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