Exploring the Role of the Internet in the “Movement for Alternative Globalization”: The case of the Paris 2003 European Social Forum
Exploring the Role of the Internet in the “Movement for Alternative Globalization”: The case of the Paris 2003 European Social Forum
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探索互联网在“另类全球化运动”中的作用：以 2003 年巴黎欧洲社会论坛为例
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2005
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A. Kavada
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本文试图探讨互联网在组织和动员过程中的作用的“替代全球化运动”，这往往是一个“基于互联网的运动”的特点。它报告了在巴黎2003年欧洲社会论坛上进行的一项调查的结果，该调查询问了257名答复者关于动员他们参加欧洲社会论坛的背景（政治/志愿组织、朋友/亲戚、工作场所/大学、新闻媒体），以及在每种背景下使用的交流方式和方法。调查结果质疑了关于这场运动基于互联网的特征的说法，因为面对面的接触似乎是主要的沟通方式。调查还质疑了互联网动员政治上漠不关心或被边缘化的个人的潜力，因为对互联网用户和非用户的比较显示，用户往往是通过政治或志愿组织动员起来的。
This paper attempts to explore the role of the internet in the processes of organization and mobilization of the ‘movement for alternative globalization’, which is often characterized as an ‘internet-based movement’. It reports the findings of a survey undertaken in the Paris 2003 European Social Forum (ESF), which asked 257 respondents about the contexts that mobilized them to participate in the ESF (political/voluntary organizations, friends/relatives, workplace/university, news media), as well as the modes and methods of communication that were used in each context. The findings question the claims about the internet-based character of this movement, as face-to-face contact seems to be the predominant mode of communication. The survey also challenges the much discussed potential of the internet to mobilize politically indifferent or marginalized individuals, as a comparison between users and non-users of the internet revealed that users tended to be mobilized for the ESF through political or voluntary organizations.