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Information, Communication & Society, 2012
Internet-based campaigning is regularly questioned or disqualified as ‘clicktivism’ on the premis... more Internet-based campaigning is regularly questioned or disqualified as ‘clicktivism’ on the premises that the internet facilitates low input action. This article focuses on the distributed campaign of an ad hoc coalition of digital rights activists intervening in the European Union's Telecoms package Reform from 2007 to 2009. It examines how technically skilled actors take advantage of networked collaboration and information production, as they discover, learn about and challenge European policy-making. Activists question the status quo and advance alternatives and models built on innovative distribution systems of knowledge goods, such as free software and open access initiatives. The analysis is based on empirical evidence collected through in-depth interviews with activists and political representatives, document analysis and observations. The campaign's effectiveness is then assessed through policy-makers perception in the analysis of three interrelated questions: (a) Did the campaign generate awareness among representatives? (b) Were protest actors perceived as credible and legitimate interlocutors? (c) Did the campaign trigger concrete political or legal changes?The evaluation of the campaign's effectiveness allows for nuanced conclusions as to the concrete impact of internet-based campaigning targeting EU institutions. The analysis shows that resource-poor actors can use the internet to substantially affect policy-making by intervening in the course of parliamentary law-making. This article provides an analytical framework to study these processes, and carry out a detailed confrontation between oppositional strategies and actual legislative and political outputs. The campaign was praised as very successful by all interviewees, especially in gaining awareness for the issues at stake. However, achieving concrete policy changes remains challenging notably due to the EU's particular conception of civil society input.
Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 2011
This article analyzes how activists, rooted in the Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) mo... more This article analyzes how activists, rooted in the Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) movement, interfere in European Union decision-making in order to advocate principles of freedom, openness, transparency, access to information, participation, creativity, and sharing. The analysis is based on a case study of a French activist group's campaign against the strengthening of copyright enforcement measures and for Net neutrality in the reform of the Telecoms Package—a set of five directives regulating the European Union's telecommunications sector. I discuss how free and open source principles sustain their action repertoire and claims during the campaign in the light of recent literature regarding Internet activism and the FLOSS movement.
International Journal of Electronic Democracy, Jan 1, 2008
International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP), Jan 1, 2010
European Institutions, especially the European Parliament, are venues of access for digital activ... more European Institutions, especially the European Parliament, are venues of access for digital activist networks wishing to influence policymaking on issues of intellectual property rights, internet regulation and the respect of civil rights in digital environments. We refer to these networks as ...
The internet is the site and subject of constant struggle between various discursive projects, ea... more The internet is the site and subject of constant struggle between various discursive projects, each working to stabilise their own discourse or 'ideal internet' into hegemonic status. We comparatively analyse two internet blackout campaigns in France and New Zealand to explore the ...
tripleC-Cognition, Communication, Co-operation, Jan 1, 2010
Conference Proceedings of JITP 2010: The …, Jan 1, 2010
Information, Communication & Society, 2012
Internet-based campaigning is regularly questioned or disqualified as ‘clicktivism’ on the premis... more Internet-based campaigning is regularly questioned or disqualified as ‘clicktivism’ on the premises that the internet facilitates low input action. This article focuses on the distributed campaign of an ad hoc coalition of digital rights activists intervening in the European Union's Telecoms package Reform from 2007 to 2009. It examines how technically skilled actors take advantage of networked collaboration and information production, as they discover, learn about and challenge European policy-making. Activists question the status quo and advance alternatives and models built on innovative distribution systems of knowledge goods, such as free software and open access initiatives. The analysis is based on empirical evidence collected through in-depth interviews with activists and political representatives, document analysis and observations. The campaign's effectiveness is then assessed through policy-makers perception in the analysis of three interrelated questions: (a) Did the campaign generate awareness among representatives? (b) Were protest actors perceived as credible and legitimate interlocutors? (c) Did the campaign trigger concrete political or legal changes?The evaluation of the campaign's effectiveness allows for nuanced conclusions as to the concrete impact of internet-based campaigning targeting EU institutions. The analysis shows that resource-poor actors can use the internet to substantially affect policy-making by intervening in the course of parliamentary law-making. This article provides an analytical framework to study these processes, and carry out a detailed confrontation between oppositional strategies and actual legislative and political outputs. The campaign was praised as very successful by all interviewees, especially in gaining awareness for the issues at stake. However, achieving concrete policy changes remains challenging notably due to the EU's particular conception of civil society input.
Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 2011
This article analyzes how activists, rooted in the Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) mo... more This article analyzes how activists, rooted in the Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) movement, interfere in European Union decision-making in order to advocate principles of freedom, openness, transparency, access to information, participation, creativity, and sharing. The analysis is based on a case study of a French activist group's campaign against the strengthening of copyright enforcement measures and for Net neutrality in the reform of the Telecoms Package—a set of five directives regulating the European Union's telecommunications sector. I discuss how free and open source principles sustain their action repertoire and claims during the campaign in the light of recent literature regarding Internet activism and the FLOSS movement.
International Journal of Electronic Democracy, Jan 1, 2008
International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP), Jan 1, 2010
European Institutions, especially the European Parliament, are venues of access for digital activ... more European Institutions, especially the European Parliament, are venues of access for digital activist networks wishing to influence policymaking on issues of intellectual property rights, internet regulation and the respect of civil rights in digital environments. We refer to these networks as ...
The internet is the site and subject of constant struggle between various discursive projects, ea... more The internet is the site and subject of constant struggle between various discursive projects, each working to stabilise their own discourse or 'ideal internet' into hegemonic status. We comparatively analyse two internet blackout campaigns in France and New Zealand to explore the ...
tripleC-Cognition, Communication, Co-operation, Jan 1, 2010
Conference Proceedings of JITP 2010: The …, Jan 1, 2010