Panelists for Everyday Politics & Digital Activism Aoir 2017 in Tartu As the panel submission deadline is soon upon, please email a title and abstract to mathias.klang@umb.edu by 21 February 2017 Political changes around the world have brought about a great deal of political online discussion and calls to action on several social media sites. This form of digital activism has at times been disdainfully called slacktivism for its low barriers to entry, high affect, and low ability to lead to social change. The goal of this panel is to bring together examples of the ways in which everyday forms of digital activism are viable forms of political action that have an impact even beyond the confines of the digital realm. There is an obvious need more scholarship in order to discern what works, what doesn't, and why. Therefore this panel seeks contributors who are interested in questions such as (but not limited to): • What is the value of an online political act? • Can social media users express their views and make a difference? • How can digital devices be effective political tools for community mobilization? • What are the implications of social media activism? • What role do digital mediums have in shaping how we view contemporary civil rights movements? • What impact do algorithms & filter bubbles have on political communication? -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mathias Klang Associate Professor of Political Communication, UMass Boston http://klangable.com ~ @klangable ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~