{"id":7038791,"date":"2026-08-16T04:54:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T04:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/are-we-participating-in-society-or-just-watching\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T04:54:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T04:54:21","slug":"are-we-participating-in-society-or-just-watching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038791","title":{"rendered":"Are We Participating in Society or Just Watching?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"lead\"><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theemotionmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4-types-of-civic-engagement-tem.png\" width=\"400\" alt=\"civic engagement\"\/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Civic life depends on more than paying attention. The way we participate \u2013 or don\u2019t \u2013 shapes who actually has influence.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Pericles once told his fellow Athenians that a man who stays out of politics isn\u2019t simply minding his own business, but is failing in his duty to the community. Civic disengagement wasn\u2019t seen as neutral because everyone else had to live with the consequences of an apathetic populace.<\/p>\n<p>Yet nearly two-thirds of Americans today are, in some sense, just watching civic life happen. We may follow the news, argue about politics at the dinner table, and react to every new controversy on social media, but none of that necessarily translates to real-world action.<\/p>\n<p>Be honest: when\u2019s the last time you voted, donated to a cause, showed up at a town hall, or volunteered through a church or community group? <\/p>\n<p>People engage with civic life in very different ways. A new Pew Research Center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/journalism\/2026\/07\/16\/how-americans-are-engaged-with-news-politics-religion-and-civic-life\/\" target=\"_blank\">study<\/a> divides Americans into four broad groups based on how they participate in politics, civic life, religion, and the news: Mobilizers, Connectors, Spectators, and Outsiders. Here\u2019s a visual breakdown of its findings:<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theemotionmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4-types-of-civic-engagement-infographic.png\" width=\"650\"\/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>These categories show that civic engagement is not simply a matter of being \u201cinvolved\u201d or \u201cuninvolved.\u201d Each group reflects a different relationship with public life: trying to change it, helping hold it together, watching from the sidelines, or withdrawing from it entirely.<\/p>\n<h3>Mobilizers (9%): The People Who Show Up<\/h3>\n<p>Mobilizers are the smallest group, but they do the most. They are the ones calling representatives, joining campaigns, and volunteering when a cause needs votes, money, or sustained political pressure.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>87% voted in 2024<\/li>\n<li>77% volunteered during the past year<\/li>\n<li>73% belonged to a group or organization<\/li>\n<li>65% contacted an elected official<\/li>\n<li>21% volunteered for a political campaign<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They may be a small minority, but they are the people most likely to channel their beliefs into organized pressure and real-world action.<\/p>\n<h3>Connectors (28%): The People Who Hold Communities Together<\/h3>\n<p>Connectors are involved too, but their attention is usually on sustaining and strengthening existing networks rather than building new ones. They are less interested in political combat on the front lines and more likely to support the institutions that make community life possible.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>90% donated to a nonpolitical cause<\/li>\n<li>87% voted in 2024<\/li>\n<li>65% belonged to a group or organization<\/li>\n<li>43% attend religious services at least monthly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While Mobilizers try to move society in a new direction, Connectors often keep society from falling apart.<\/p>\n<h3>Spectators (31%): The People Who Watch From the Sidelines<\/h3>\n<p>Spectators may know more about the daily news than people who are actively involved in their communities. They follow events closely, discuss them often, and stay emotionally plugged in, but most of that engagement never leaves the screen.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>84% follow national news at least somewhat closely<\/li>\n<li>75% liked or saved a news post in the past week<\/li>\n<li>17% volunteered<\/li>\n<li>10% belonged to a group or organization<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Spectators often confuse having a reaction to society with having a role in it. Much of their participation remains limited to liking posts, sharing articles, arguing in comment sections, and other forms of slacktivism on social media.<\/p>\n<h3>Outsiders (31%): The People Who Have Checked Out<\/h3>\n<p>Outsiders participate at relatively low levels across almost every area Pew measured. That doesn\u2019t necessarily mean they are lazy or apathetic. They may be politically exhausted or deeply distrustful of institutions. Or there may simply be fewer organizations, churches, clubs, or local groups pulling them into civic life.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>41% voted in 2024<\/li>\n<li>41% follow national news at least somewhat closely<\/li>\n<li>24% attend religious services at least monthly<\/li>\n<li>13% volunteered<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Checking out may protect people from political exhaustion, but it also leaves public life increasingly shaped by those who remain organized, committed, and active.<\/p>\n<h3>The Activated Minority<\/h3>\n<p>Mobilizers are not only the most active group \u2013 they are also the most emotionally charged. Sixty percent say they often feel angry about the state of the country, while 56% often feel fearful. Among Outsiders, both figures fall to 36%.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theemotionmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mobilizers-most-engaged-and-fearful.png\" width=\"500\"\/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>This emotional intensity is what drives Mobilizers to act. People rarely organize, protest, donate, campaign, or pressure institutions because they feel mildly concerned. They act because they believe something important is threatened, broken, or urgently in need of change.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that Mobilizers make up 9% of Americans creates a striking parallel with the \u201ctipping point\u201d theory of social change, which suggests that a committed minority of roughly 10% may be enough to spread a new belief or norm through the wider population.<\/p>\n<p>One influential 2011 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cs.rpi.edu\/~szymansk\/papers\/pre.11.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">study<\/a> (PDF) found that once a committed minority reached about 10%, the time required for its opinion to spread across a social network dropped dramatically. The key was not merely holding a belief, but remaining unwavering, repeatedly advocating for it, and resisting pressure to conform.<\/p>\n<p>The comparison is not exact. Pew\u2019s Mobilizers are not one unified movement pushing the same cause, and the 10% finding came from a theoretical model of social networks. Still, the parallel is worth noticing: a relatively small but committed minority can exert influence far beyond its numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Not everyone with influence is a Mobilizer. Many celebrities and online personalities operate inside an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theemotionmachine.com\/the-influencer-silo-the-limits-of-personality-driven-social-change\/\" target=\"_blank\">influencer silo<\/a>, where they generate enormous attention without producing much change beyond their existing audience. Their followers react, share, and reinforce one another, but the influence remains socially contained. Mobilization begins when attention crosses group boundaries and starts changing what people actually do.<\/p>\n<h3>A Nation of Spectators<\/h3>\n<p>That leaves most people on the other side of the equation. <\/p>\n<p>The Pew survey uses \u201cSpectators\u201d to describe one specific group, but spectatorship may be a much broader condition of modern life. We increasingly experience society through screens, commentary, clips, and reactions rather than through direct participation in institutions and communities.<\/p>\n<p>In today\u2019s environment, politics becomes nothing but content to consume, another source of entertainment. We watch speeches in clips, experience protests through livestreams, and follow current events through people reacting to other people\u2019s reactions. Spectatorship can start to feel like participation, even when nothing is being asked of us beyond attention. Many people treat politics more like a reality TV show than a democratic process with real-world consequences. The more drama, the better.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ask yourself: \u201cAm I participating in society or just watching?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t have to see yourself as a \u201cpolitical person\u201d to play a role in your community. Civic life isn\u2019t only elections and protests. It\u2019s also the parent who attends a school meeting or the neighbor who volunteers at a food pantry. It can be the church member organizing a fundraiser or your coworker keeping the local softball league going.<\/p>\n<p>A healthy democracy depends on people showing up, yet it\u2019s easy to check out and hope someone else fixes things.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps societies are rarely changed by the majority. They are changed by the most committed minority. Most people don\u2019t set the new norm. They adapt to it once it takes hold.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>Enter your email to stay updated on new articles in self improvement:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Civic life depends on more than paying attention. The way we participate \u2013 or don\u2019t \u2013 shapes who actually has influence. Pericles once told his fellow Athenians that a man who stays out of politics isn\u2019t simply minding his own business, but is failing in his duty to the community. Civic disengagement wasn\u2019t seen as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7038792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[201331,130418,151929,135479,103233,130860,201332,201333,97458,101789,201334,103042,201335,88,201336,201337,201338,201339,201340,182,201341,11947,99547,201342,201343,183893,201344,12447,201345,103043,201346,106402,112139,139923],"tags":[86738,14104,15929,36828,16928,130865,201347,37920,6876,7732,44566,4378,201348,1820,66991,19521,201356,201349,201350,63751,6692,22915,10113,201351,201352,201353,44778,8374,201354,3924,201355,1313,112141,13353,16972],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-7038791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-10-3","category-activism","category-athens","category-belonging","category-church","category-civic-engagement","category-civic-life","category-civilization","category-community","category-democracy","category-donating","category-government","category-mobilizers","category-news","category-norms","category-organizations","category-pericles","category-pew-research","category-political-activism","category-politics","category-polls","category-psychology","category-research","category-slacktivism","category-social-activism","category-social-capital","category-social-change","category-social-media","category-social-norms","category-society","category-tipping-point","category-trust","category-volunteering","category-voting","tag-86738","tag-activism","tag-athens","tag-belonging","tag-church","tag-civic-engagement","tag-civic-life","tag-civilization","tag-community","tag-democracy","tag-donating","tag-government","tag-mobilizers","tag-news","tag-norms","tag-organizations","tag-participating","tag-pericles","tag-pew-research","tag-political-activism","tag-politics","tag-polls","tag-research","tag-slacktivism","tag-social-activism","tag-social-capital","tag-social-change","tag-social-media","tag-social-norms","tag-society","tag-tipping-point","tag-trust","tag-volunteering","tag-voting","tag-watching"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Are We Participating in Society or Just Watching? - Som2ny Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038791\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Are We Participating in Society or Just Watching? - Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Civic life depends on more than paying attention. The way we participate \u2013 or don\u2019t \u2013 shapes who actually has influence. Pericles once told his fellow Athenians that a man who stays out of politics isn\u2019t simply minding his own business, but is failing in his duty to the community. Civic disengagement wasn\u2019t seen as [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038791\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-08-16T04:54:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4-types-of-civic-engagement-tem.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1254\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1254\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038791#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038791\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371\"},\"headline\":\"Are We Participating in Society or Just Watching?\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-16T04:54:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038791\"},\"wordCount\":1152,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038791#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4-types-of-civic-engagement-tem.png\",\"keywords\":[\"10\",\"Activism\",\"Athens\",\"Belonging\",\"Church\",\"Civic Engagement\",\"Civic Life\",\"Civilization\",\"community\",\"democracy\",\"donating\",\"Government\",\"Mobilizers\",\"NEWS\",\"norms\",\"Organizations\",\"Participating\",\"Pericles\",\"Pew Research\",\"political activism\",\"politics\",\"Polls\",\"Research\",\"Slacktivism\",\"Social Activism\",\"Social Capital\",\"social change\",\"social media\",\"Social Norms\",\"Society\",\"Tipping Point\",\"Trust\",\"Volunteering\",\"Voting\",\"watching\"],\"articleSection\":[\"10%\",\"Activism\",\"Athens\",\"belonging\",\"Church\",\"Civic Engagement\",\"Civic Life\",\"Civilization\",\"Community\",\"Democracy\",\"Donating\",\"Government\",\"Mobilizers\",\"News\",\"Norms\",\"Organizations\",\"Pericles\",\"Pew Research\",\"Political Activism\",\"Politics\",\"Polls\",\"Psychology\",\"Research\",\"Slacktivism\",\"Social Activism\",\"Social Capital\",\"Social Change\",\"Social Media\",\"Social Norms\",\"Society\",\"Tipping Point\",\"Trust\",\"Volunteering\",\"voting\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038791#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038791\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038791\",\"name\":\"Are We Participating in Society or Just Watching? - Som2ny Network\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038791#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038791#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4-types-of-civic-engagement-tem.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-16T04:54:21+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038791#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038791\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038791#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4-types-of-civic-engagement-tem.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4-types-of-civic-engagement-tem.png\",\"width\":1254,\"height\":1254},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038791#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?bp_activities=1\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Are We Participating in Society or Just Watching?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/\",\"name\":\"Som2ny Network\",\"description\":\"Daily Deals\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Som2ny Network\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":86,\"caption\":\"Som2ny Network\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Are We Participating in Society or Just Watching? - Som2ny Network","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038791","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Are We Participating in Society or Just Watching? - Som2ny Network","og_description":"Civic life depends on more than paying attention. The way we participate \u2013 or don\u2019t \u2013 shapes who actually has influence. Pericles once told his fellow Athenians that a man who stays out of politics isn\u2019t simply minding his own business, but is failing in his duty to the community. Civic disengagement wasn\u2019t seen as [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038791","og_site_name":"Som2ny Network","article_published_time":"2026-08-16T04:54:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1254,"height":1254,"url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4-types-of-civic-engagement-tem.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038791#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038791"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371"},"headline":"Are We Participating in Society or Just Watching?","datePublished":"2026-08-16T04:54:21+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038791"},"wordCount":1152,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038791#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4-types-of-civic-engagement-tem.png","keywords":["10","Activism","Athens","Belonging","Church","Civic Engagement","Civic Life","Civilization","community","democracy","donating","Government","Mobilizers","NEWS","norms","Organizations","Participating","Pericles","Pew Research","political activism","politics","Polls","Research","Slacktivism","Social Activism","Social Capital","social change","social media","Social Norms","Society","Tipping Point","Trust","Volunteering","Voting","watching"],"articleSection":["10%","Activism","Athens","belonging","Church","Civic Engagement","Civic Life","Civilization","Community","Democracy","Donating","Government","Mobilizers","News","Norms","Organizations","Pericles","Pew Research","Political Activism","Politics","Polls","Psychology","Research","Slacktivism","Social Activism","Social Capital","Social Change","Social Media","Social Norms","Society","Tipping Point","Trust","Volunteering","voting"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038791#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038791","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038791","name":"Are We Participating in Society or Just Watching? - Som2ny Network","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038791#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038791#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4-types-of-civic-engagement-tem.png","datePublished":"2026-08-16T04:54:21+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038791#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038791"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038791#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4-types-of-civic-engagement-tem.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4-types-of-civic-engagement-tem.png","width":1254,"height":1254},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7038791#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?bp_activities=1"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Are We Participating in Society or Just Watching?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/","name":"Som2ny Network","description":"Daily Deals","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization","name":"Som2ny Network","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png","width":300,"height":86,"caption":"Som2ny Network"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/fivemor.com"],"url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7038791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7038791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7038791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7038792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7038791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7038791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7038791"},{"taxonomy":"dealstore","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fdealstore&post=7038791"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fofferexpiration&post=7038791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}