{"id":6061,"date":"2025-04-29T13:38:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T05:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2025\/?p=6061"},"modified":"2025-04-29T13:38:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T05:38:55","slug":"power-and-participation-the-complex-role-of-online-networks-in-social-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2025\/onsc\/6061\/power-and-participation-the-complex-role-of-online-networks-in-social-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Power and Participation: The Complex Role of Online Networks in Social Change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\nOver the past decade, movements like #BlackLivesMatter, #EndSARS, Fridays for Future, and even the digital solidarity around the crisis in Gaza have demonstrated that online networks can play a significant role in pushing for social change. These digital spaces are often seen as democratic arenas where people challenge dominant narratives, organise protests, and build global solidarity. While social media has amplified the voices of everyday people, it is crucial to recognise that these same platforms <a href=\"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2025\/onsc\/6061\/power-and-participation-the-complex-role-of-online-networks-in-social-change\/\" class=\"more-link\">...<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past decade, movements like #BlackLivesMatter, #EndSARS, Fridays for Future, and even the digital solidarity around the crisis in Gaza have demonstrated that online networks can play a significant role in pushing for social change. These digital spaces are often seen as democratic arenas where people challenge dominant narratives, organise protests, and build global solidarity. While social media has amplified the voices of everyday people, it is crucial to recognise that these same platforms &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":634,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1747,1310],"class_list":["post-6061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-onsc","tag-online-network","tag-social-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/634"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6061"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6074,"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6061\/revisions\/6074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}