TY - JOUR
T1 - On intentionality and motivation in digital spaces
T2 - a response to Flinders and Wood
AU - HALUPKA, Max
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Wood and Flinders posit that intentionality and motivation are critical sites of analysis when determining whether an act is, or should be made out to be, political or apolitical. I agree with this assertion—both the intention behind an actor’s act, for example, what motivates the action, must be taken into consideration before such classifications are made. Yet, intentionality and motivation are more complicated and problematic than the authors make them out to be—especially online.
AB - Wood and Flinders posit that intentionality and motivation are critical sites of analysis when determining whether an act is, or should be made out to be, political or apolitical. I agree with this assertion—both the intention behind an actor’s act, for example, what motivates the action, must be taken into consideration before such classifications are made. Yet, intentionality and motivation are more complicated and problematic than the authors make them out to be—especially online.
KW - Agency
KW - Digital politics
KW - Intentionality
KW - Motivation
KW - Politics
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85062404063&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3167/dt.2018.050206
DO - 10.3167/dt.2018.050206
M3 - Comment/debate
SN - 2332-8894
VL - 5
SP - 82
EP - 89
JO - Democratic Theory
JF - Democratic Theory
IS - 2
ER -