Title

Social media as a new playing field for the governance of agro-food sustainability

Summary

This article explores the influence of social media on agro-food sustainability governance by identifying three key pathways: the creation of public “hypes” around sustainability issues, opportunities for food movements to self-organize, and the use of social media data to enable new forms of governance. It discusses how social media both disrupts traditional agro-food governance structures and provides valuable data that powerful players can use to regain control. The article concludes by highlighting the complex interplay between grassroots initiatives and institutional power within the agro-food system.

 

َAuthor

Stevens, T. M., Aarts, N., Termeer, C. J. A. M., & Dewulf, A.

Year

2016

َThematic Area

Communication Studies

Topic

Fake information and Social media

Country

Global

Region

Global

Misinformation Combatting

Misinformation Source

Place Published

Publisher

Journal

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2015.11.010

URL

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2015.11.010

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2015.11.010

APA 7th End Text Citation

Stevens, T. M., Aarts, N., Termeer, C. J. A. M., & Dewulf, A. (2016). Social media as a new playing field for the governance of agro-food sustainability. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 18, 99-106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2015.11.010