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Who should act, when, and where? The SCOPE framework for establishing responsibility and legitimacy in digital citizenship.

This article introduces the Scope of Civic Online Platform Engagement (SCOPE) framework to explain how users interpret and negotiate civic action on social media. It distinguishes between responsibility , which pertains to the obligation side of action (who should act) and legitimacy , which concern...

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Published in:Communication Theory (1050-3293) Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 72 - 86
Main Author: Gagrčin, Emilija
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA May2026
Subjects:
Responsibility
Legitimacy of governments
Social media
Civics
Heuristic
Digital technology
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