- Abstract:
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In this article, we explore the discursive constructions of Buycott, a free mobile app that provides a platform for user-generated ethical consumption campaigns. Unlike other ethical consumption apps, Buycott’s mode of knowledge production positions the app itself as neutral, with app users generating activist campaigns and providing both data and judgment. Although Buycott is not a dedicated food activism app, food features centrally in its campaigns, and the app seems to provide a mobile me...
Expand abstract - Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
- Version:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Publisher:
- Elsevier Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Geoforum Journal website
- Volume:
- 74
- Pages:
- 63-73
- Publication date:
- 2016-06-07
- DOI:
- ISSN:
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0016-7185
- URN:
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uuid:d8360ce1-35ce-49ff-8cfd-87ecbd9963c4
- Source identifiers:
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629354
- Local pid:
- pubs:629354
- Copyright holder:
- Elsevier
- Copyright date:
- 2016
- Notes:
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Copyright © 2016 Published by Elsevier Ltd This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Elsevier at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2016.04.002
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Mobile activism, material imaginings, and the ethics of the edible: Framing political engagement through the Buycott app
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