Content tagged with digital activism
Defending Digital Activism: e-Petitions Edition
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Why do people who criticize digital activism launching many of their attacks at e-petitions? About once a month an article appears in my feed reader with a title like “Real Change Means Getting Offline,” “The Revolution will not be Tweeted” or “A Critique of Clicktivism.” To source
Audio — Nation Conversations: Liliana Segura and Laurie Penny on Hacktivism and Social Change
Recommended by Amy, From the Arab Spring to Occupy Wall Street, 2011 will be remembered as a year of youthful mass movements and popular revolts—none of which could have occurred without the surreptitious help of computer hacktivists operating in the shadows of legality. To source
Online crisis management: A web of support
Recommended by Amy, In the next 12 minutes two more followed in different locations in the city. Even before the blasts torrential rain meant that roads were clogged. The attacks added to the confusion just as millions of people were returning home from work. To source
Digital Mappers Plot the Future of Maptivism
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Frogs Reunited: social network launched to save amphibians
Recommended by Amy, Biologists are mounting a campaign to save amphibians around the world using the power of social networks. To source
A Logo for Human Rights
Recommended by Amy, There is no globally recognized logo for human rights. Together we can close this gap. Join the greatest creative challenge in history and submit your logo design now. To source
HOW TO: Stay Safe When Engaging in Political Activism on Facebook
Recommended by Julian, Protests this year in Tunisia, Egypt and elsewhere have highlighted Facebook’s potential for activism. After all, if the social network were a country, it would the world’s third largest. So if you’re trying to gather a critical mass around an issue it makes a lot of sense to be there. Using the platform effectively, however, means using it cautiously. To source
The Centre for Internet and Society calls for Comments for Report on the Online Video Environment in India
Recommended by Julian, This report is an outcome of a research project that seeks to survey the online video environment in India and the opportunities this new medium presents for creative expression and civic engagement. To source
Can Twitter Lead People to the Streets?
Recommended by Amy, What are the limitations of social media in inciting political activism? To source
The Internet Freedom Fallacy and the Arab Digital activism
Recommended by Amy, This article focuses on grassroots digital activism in the Arab world and the risks of what seems to be an inevitable collusion with U.S foreign policy and interests. It sums up the most important elements of the conversation I have been having for the last 2 years with many actors involved in defending online free speech and the use of technology for social and political change. To source
South Asia: Bloggers On The ‘Ground Zero Mosque'
Recommended by Amy, The recent debate on the planned Islamic Center/Mosque named Park 51 near the site of the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York, USA has been reverberated in many blogospheres around the world. Several groups in USA are objecting to its proximity to the site of the September 11 attacks, sources of funds etc. To source
Kashmir's e-protest
Recommended by Amy, Change is the only constant. The struggle of Kashmir for independence from Indian rule is also changing as people shift their platform for protest as new media are made available. The internet has become the podium for the new generation to express their support. To source
Digital Activism and Online Advocacy: A Talk by Shibayan Raha
Recommended by Julian, A talk on the role of digital activism, online advocacy and use of social media in the Tibetan freedom struggle by Shibayan Raha at the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore on 9 August, 2010. What Lecture Digital Activism When Aug 09, 2010 06:00 PM to 07:30 PM To source