Online Communities And Crowds In The Rise Of The Five Star Movement

Acknowledgements......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
List of Figures......Page 10
List of Tables......Page 13
Chapter 1: Introduction......Page 14
Why Italy, Why the M5S......Page 15
What Does the Internet Change for Political Participation?......Page 16
What Does the Internet Change for Political Organisation?......Page 17
What Does the Internet Change for Political Deliberation?......Page 18
Citizen Users, Communities and Crowds......Page 19
References......Page 20
Chapter 2: The Emergence of the Citizen User......Page 22
What Is Trust and Why We Should Care......Page 24
Political Trust in Italy......Page 26
Beppe Grillo Internet Operation to Weaken Trust......Page 35
Internet and Mobile Technologies......Page 46
Users: Mobilising and Organising......Page 49
Internet-Mediated Citizenship......Page 52
References......Page 59
Chapter 3: Mobilisation and Elections......Page 65
Beppe Grillo Before beppegrillo.it......Page 67
Blog......Page 70
Meetup......Page 71
V-Day......Page 77
Municipal Lists......Page 78
To the Five Star Movement......Page 81
Why the 2013 Result Was Unexpected......Page 84
The Diffusion of Meetups and the M5S Electoral Trajectory......Page 87
Two-Layered Architecture for Mobilisation and Communication......Page 90
Legacy Media in the 1994 and 2013 Campaigns......Page 97
The Left–Right Dimension and the Anti-Establishment Dimension in Italy......Page 107
The Electoral Programs of the M5S......Page 110
The M5S Ontology and Parent Ideology......Page 115
References......Page 120
ICTs Diffusion in Italy......Page 127
Blog as Medium and Message......Page 129
From Blog to Community......Page 131
The Media System......Page 133
Everyday Political Talk of Networked Users......Page 137
Measuring the Online Activity Within the M5S Community......Page 139
Where Users Enter the Media System......Page 141
Users’ Copresence Across Platforms......Page 143
The Role of Gender......Page 145
Users’ Permanence and Frequency of Activity......Page 147
References......Page 151
Chapter 5: Online Discussion Within the M5S Community......Page 155
Issues, Topics and Style on the Forum......Page 156
Coding of Issues......Page 157
Coding of Topics......Page 159
Coding of Style and Expression of Opinion......Page 163
Evolution of Topics and Users’ Interest......Page 164
Discussion Networks......Page 169
The Shape of Discussion Networks......Page 170
The Discussion Network of the M5S......Page 177
Discussion Network on Immigration......Page 180
Discussion Network on 2013 Confidence Vote......Page 184
Discussion Network on Exiting the Common Currency......Page 189
The Everywhere Political Talk......Page 191
References......Page 193
Chapter 6: The M5S Community and Citizen’s Income......Page 196
Mapping Documents in the Concept Space......Page 198
The Concept Space......Page 199
Term Frequency Analysis......Page 201
The Semantic Interpretation Vector......Page 202
The GMI Public Debate in Italy......Page 203
The GMI Debate Within the M5S......Page 208
Discussion Forum: 2009–2011......Page 211
Discussion Forum and Blog: 2011–2012......Page 217
Discussion Forum, Blog and Parliament: 2012–2015......Page 221
The Influence of Online Deliberation Within the M5S Community......Page 223
References......Page 228
Internet-Enabled Organisation Beyond the M5S and Italy......Page 232
Asymmetric Online Deliberation......Page 238
Citizen User and Democracy......Page 242
Crowd-Mediated Politics......Page 247
References......Page 252
Index......Page 255