ABSTRACT
This chapter deals with the online participation by civil society activists regarding the troop dispatches to Iraq in 2003 and 2004. Since the previous study suggested that the flash appeal of an issue has an impact on the utilization of online tools and on their effectiveness, the peace movement from its climax during the war through the gradual decline in the following years makes an appropriate object of study for this research. The activists in this issue changed over time from a loosely organized movement with a high sense of urgency to a more established organization trying to maintain its support base, while the issue itself gradually turned from immediate action into a long-term campaign.
