Making a deal with the devil? Portuguese and Finnish activists’ everyday negotiations on the value of social media

Carla Malafaia & Taina Meriluoto (2024) Social Movement Studies, 23(2), pp. 190-206 Abstract. This article explores how young activists in Portugal and Finland negotiate the value of social media in their practices. Considering the near ubiquitous intertwinement of online-offline environments, and its contradictory promises for social movements, we look at these negotiations through the moral principles drawn upon to critique and justify social media practices. Based on ethnographic data fro...