[UPDATED] Usually when we talk about digital activism we talk about concrete anecdotes (the Arab Spring, the 2012 presidential race, the Koman/Planned Parenthood blow-up) or abstract trends (slacktivism, cyber-war, hacktivism). What we rarely talk about is how we talk about digital activism: Is our focus in the right place? Do we know what we’re talking…
Read MoreDigital Activism 101: Digital Activism’s Diversity
Digital Activism 101 is a series of posts introducing key concepts to students and activists. ———– In the past two weeks the Digital Activism section of Global Voices Online featured a story about a Moroccan teenager brought to court for posting caricatures of the King on Facebook, digital video documentation of poor residents evicted in…
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The 6 Activist Functions of Digital Tech
From the revolutionaries of the Arab Spring and Occupy Movements to nonprofits, bloggers, and political candidates, people hoping to change the world are using digital technology to do so. It seems that every day we learn about a new tactic, social media tool, or argument about how technology has been over-hyped or undersold. The variety and…
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