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CLICKTIVISM [1 record]

Record 1 2018-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Communication
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Collaborative and Social Communications
DEF

The use of social media or online tools to support a cause.

OBS

[Clicktivism] can include a whole range of activities, for example: organizing protests ...; facilitating boycotts ...; signing petitions ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie de la communication
  • Internet et télématique
  • Communications collaboratives et sociales
DEF

Utilisation de médias sociaux ou d'outils en ligne pour appuyer une cause.

OBS

Les pétitions électroniques, les groupes Facebook et le phénomène Twitter sont des exemples de manifestation de ce phénomène socio-médiatique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sociología de la comunicación
  • Internet y telemática
  • Comunicaciones colaborativas y sociales
DEF

Activismo o una fase de este que tiene como principal herramienta la acumulación de apoyos (mediante clics) en páginas webs y redes sociales.

OBS

clictivismo: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, explica que la adaptación "clictivismo", formada por las palabras españolas "clic" y "activismo", es una alternativa válida y preferible al anglicismo "clicktivism", frecuente en el lenguaje del activismo social.

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