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Environmental movements and social networking sites in Bangladesh

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  • Shudipta Sharma

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This paper aims to explore the current trend of environmental movements and its relationship with social networking sites (SNS) in Bangladesh, the most vulnerable country to climate change impacts in the world. SNS is increasingly being used in environmental movements in the disaster-prone country and it has a significant impact on activism. This study was undertaken on a recent protest against Rampal Power Plant project, designed to set up near Sundarbans, a UNESCO World Heritage site. On the basis of new social movement theory, this study engaged a multi-level, multi-methods approach to the analysis of the movement and found that SNS played an important role in every stage of the movement. This study also indicates that SNS motivates non-partisan people to join a movement on the ground. I argue that the new communication pattern among activists determines the new characteristics of the movement and helps it to be different from conventional social movements.

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  • Shudipta Sharma, 2014. "Environmental movements and social networking sites in Bangladesh," International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 8(4), pages 380-393.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijisde:v:8:y:2014:i:4:p:380-393
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    1. Shudipta Sharma, 2023. "Online Radicalisation: How Social Media Is Promoting Islamist Militancy," South Asian Survey, , vol. 30(2), pages 189-209, September.
    2. Nusrat Yeasmin Pushpo & Md. Niaz Morshed, 2022. "The nexus between Environmentalism and Development: The case of Rampal Power Plant Project in Bangladesh," International Journal of Science and Business, IJSAB International, vol. 12(1), pages 1-10.
    3. Mercedes Rubio-Andrés & Mª Ramos-González & Miguel Ángel Sastre-Castillo, 2022. "Driving innovation management to create shared value and sustainable growth," Review of Managerial Science, Springer, vol. 16(7), pages 2181-2211, October.
    4. Ulrich Lichtenthaler, 2017. "Shared Value Innovation: Linking Competitiveness and Societal Goals in the Context of Digital Transformation," International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 14(04), pages 1-14, August.

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