by: Mary Joyce The Big Question Digital activism  is a field is search of a central question.   There are many possibilities being bandied about, and the nature of the question varies according to who is asking.  Activists ask “how do I use digital activism in my campaign?”, which too often devolves into “how do I [...]

by: David Faris Mary has, I think, gotten us off to a great start thinking about the substance of digital activism. Allow me to offer some thinking about this question, that uses examples or anecdotes to illustrate some theoretical thinking about what might be new about activism using digital technology, rather than reasoning directly from [...]

Alaa Abd El Fattah is an extremely smart blogger, developer, and activist.  He is one of my go-to people for original and astute insights into digital activism and, when I asked him for feedback on a forthcoming anthology on digital activism I am working on (shameless plug), he did not disappoint: Thought it was a [...]

Sometimes best practices are a great idea – for example, in surgery. If someone figures out an effective way to remove an appendix or perform a coronary bypass, then other doctors should copy that technique. Anatomical differences between patients are minimal and the set of cutting, probing, and cauterizing tools available to surgeons are fairly [...]

As I’ve started discussing the need to codify digital activism knowledge with friends on colleagues, I sometimes get friendly nods or blank stares, but every so often someone tells me, “hey, I’ve been thinking about that too”. This makes me happy because it means I – we – are collectively onto something and that the [...]

Thanks to Richard MacManus of ReadWriteWeb (the number one information technology blog in the world) for announcing our official launch! Read the full post here.

As the first post on this site I thought it might be useful do answer that pressing question: why does the Meta-Activism Project exist? Why does the field of digital activism need a body of strategic knowledge? Digital activism – the practice of using digital technology for political and social change – has shown promise [...]