Couldry, Nick (2012) Bystander publics. In: Snow, David A., della Porta, Donatella, Klandermans, Bert and McAdam, Doug, (eds.) The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., Chichester. ISBN 9780470674871
Abstract
Bystander publics lack the longstanding political motivation of the engaged publics of political parties or social movements, and so are important for different reasons, depending on one's direction of analysis. For those interested in expanded political agency, bystander publics are the standing reserve of political action, available for recruitment to parties and movements. For those concerned with apathy, bystander publics signal entropy in political systems: the temporarily mobilized lose interest and revert to the “bystander frame” which simply wants an end to conflict. These two contrasting scenarios make this difficult-to-define group of rich interest.
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| Additional Information: | © 2012 John Wiley and Sons, Inc. |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology J Political Science > JA Political science (General) |
| Sets: | Departments > Media and Communications |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Sep 2013 15:24 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/52432/ |
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