Qui milite sur internet?: Esquisse du profil sociologique du "cyber-militant" au PS et à l'UMP

• Autores: Anaïs Theviot
• Localización: Revue française de science politique, ISSN 0035-2950, Vol. 63, Nº 3-4, 2013, págs. 663-677
• Idioma: francés
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• Resumen

  • Who militates on line? This question implies ano- ther one: how can we study these activists of a particular kind? This article presents a method “ to get ” the cyber-activists, and more widely to spread a questionnaire via Facebook. This method allows the researcher to establish an individual, targeted contact, getting almost to the private sphere, but in a massive way. We will see that the sociological profile of the cyber-militant is but slightly different from that of the traditional mili- tant (except for their age): the cyber militant is “ always more ” . More qualified, more male, higher in their professional position. This investigation also reveals some “ surprises ” concerning the far- mers socioprofessional category