Winner,InternationalCommunicationBookAward,InternationalStudiesAssociationShortlisted,2023SusanStrangeBestBookPrizeHonorableMention,2023InformationTechnologyandPoliticsBestBookAwardTransnationalAdvocacyintheDigitalEraexplorestheroleofdigitaladvocacyorganizations,amajornewadditiontotheinternationalarena.Theseorganizationsderivepowerandinfluencefromtheirabilitytorapidlymobilizememberson-lineandoff-line,andareshapingpublicopiniononmanyissuesincludingclimatechange,trade,andrefugees.Researchininternationalrelations(IR)hashighlightedtheinfluenceofnon-governmentalorganizations,whichwieldpowerthroughtheirexpertiseandlong-term,moralcommitmenttoanissue.However,noIRscholarshaveexploredthespreadandpowerofdigitaladvocacyorganizations.NinaHallprovidesadetailedinvestigationofhowtheseorganizationshaveharnesseddigitallynetworkedpowerandestablishednewadvocacystrategies.Theycanquicklyrespondtothemostsalientissuesoftheday,andmobilizelargememberships,toputpressureonpoliticians.Shefindsthattheseorganizationsoperateinaglobalizedworldbuttackletransnationalproblemsbyfocusingonnationaltargets.Thisnewgenerationofactivistshaveformedastrongtransnationalnetwork,butstillseethestateasthelocusofpower.
