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Kimhean Hok

Kimhean Hok

Doctoral student

Kimhean Hok

Facebooking : Youth’s everyday politics in Cambodia

Author

  • Mun Vong
  • Kimhean Hok

Summary, in English

This article takes a critical view of online activism as its point of departure and explores how the activities of Cambodian youth on Facebook have spilled over into formal politics. Contrary to concerns that Facebook and other social media tools distract activists from more effective means of political participation, this article suggests that facebooking has contributed positively to offline political participation. More importantly, the petty acts of discussing and sharing information on Facebook have, on occasion, succeeded in triggering changes in government decisions and behaviours. In developing these arguments, we draw upon everyday politics perspectives which provide the theoretical ground to qualify facebooking as political and make sense of its importance.

Publishing year

2018

Language

English

Pages

219-234

Publication/Series

South East Asia Research

Volume

26

Issue

3

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

IP Publishing LTD

Topic

  • Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalization Studies)
  • Media Studies
  • Human Aspects of ICT
  • Social Anthropology
  • Information Systems, Social aspects

Keywords

  • Cambodia
  • everyday politics
  • Facebook
  • online activism
  • social media
  • youth

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0967-828X