Volunteer associations in the Internet age: Ecological approach to understanding collective action

• Main Authors: Lai, Chih-Hui, Katz, James E.
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: ecology; collective action; boundary spanning; the Internet; voluntary associations
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104397; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40748
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

With the growth of communication technologies in society, collective action has taken new forms that may not be well conceptualized by existing theories. Hence two meaningful theoretical and practical questions are: how is collective action performed by these new forms of human associations and with...