hashtags as publics: global frackdown anti-fracking movement twitter practices
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Jill Hopke @jillhopke
ICA 2015
Hashtags as Publics: Transna9onal Environmental Movement Twi?er
Framing Prac9ces
The Changing Nature of Ac7vism
Collec9ve Ac9on
Connec&ve Ac9on
Media7ng Environmental Ac7vism on Twi@er
Twi?er as a broadcast-‐like medium
Hashtags and retwee9ng enable conversa9ons
Networked gatekeeper func9ons and affec9ve news streams
Use for internal coordina9on and to (poten9ally) reach external audiences
ShiBing Geopoli7cs of Energy
Source: U.S. EIA (2013). World Shale Gas and Oil Forma2ons.
Global Frackdown 2013 Events
Source: Global Frackdown. (2013). Events.
Compared to Shale Basins
#GlobalFrackdown Tweet Frequency
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# of Tweets
English
Spanish
Total
Dataset of 9,449 tweets October 13 to 27, 2013
Coding Tweets
DiscoverText Coding Example
English is Lingua Franca
79%
14%
3% 2% 1% 1% 0%
English
Spanish
French
Catalan
Basque
German
Other
Propor9on of Tweets by Language
Declara7ve Engagement
Twee9ng as Poli9cal Ac9on
Movement Convergence and Solidarity
Local – Global Framing
Coordina9on and Affirma9on
Transna7onal Frame Jumping
Mul9lingual Twee9ng
Challenges to Credibility in the Digital Sphere
Inconsistent A@ribu7on Prac7ces
Prefabricated Messaging
Translocal Natural Resource Movements
Linkages between at least two world regions
Networked communica9ve structures
Sense of shared goals and collec9ve iden9ty
Combine local and global framing
Poten9al for more horizontal 9es
