Online Communities and Crowds in the Rise of the Five Star Movement

Francesco Bailo is Lecturer of Digital and Social Media at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. His research focuses on the use of digital and social media in politics. He obtained his PhD in 2017 at the University of Sydney, Australia.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. The Emergence of the Citizen User.- 3. Mobilisation and elections.- 4. Online communities and online crowds.- 5. Online discussion within the M5S community.- 6. The M5S community and citizen's income.- 7. By the crowd, for the people?.