This article examines the need for an explicit conceptualisation of communication in the field of social movement research in order to grasp power dynamics within transnational civic tech activism communities. Civic tech activism is an instance of organised collective action that acts on institutionally regulated governance processes through the crafting of technologies and tactics supporting citizens’ direct political participation. The article suggests a theoretical lens that introduces the de-westernisation discourse of communication scholarship to the theorising of media as practice in social movement research. This allows, I argue, revealing power asymmetries within civic tech activist communities, with respect to decision-making involving technology. Emphasising the need to account for these exclusionary dynamics, the analytical lens here suggested will introduce the concept of ‘acting within’ transnational civic tech activism.

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跨国公民技术激进主义中的权力核算：基于传播的媒体实践分析框架

本文探讨了在社会运动研究领域对传播进行明确概念化的必要性，以便掌握跨国公民技术激进主义社区内的权力动态。公民技术激进主义是有组织的集体行动的一个例子，它通过制定支持公民直接政治参与的技术和策略来对制度化监管的治理过程起作用。这篇文章提出了一种理论视角，将传播学的去西方化话语引入到将媒体理论化为社会运动研究实践的理论中。我认为，这可以揭示公民技术活动家社区内在涉及技术的决策方面的权力不对称。强调需要考虑到这些排他性的动态，