Social Movements

The internet: Empowering or Censoring Citizens?

by Therese Sjödin on October 24, 2013

in Activism,Social Movements

Our fellow students in the other group focusing on social media, Making Sense of Social Media , put up this video yesterday that I would like to share here as well as it connects to several points we have discussed.

Tagged as: activism, arab spring, armchair advocate, digital divide, empowerment, participation, slacktivism, social change, social media, Twitter

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Why not exclusion in social media

by Therese Sjödin on October 21, 2013

in Activism,Social Movements

I want to share this interesting clip of Evgeny Morozov with you, connecting to what I have been discussing here regarding exclusion and expertise in social media for development as well as the debate on “slacktivism” brought up by Peppi.

Tagged as: activism, armchair advocate, expertise, slacktivism, social media

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Why exclusion in social media

by Therese Sjödin on October 18, 2013

in Activism,Social Movements

Why is expertise privileged in social media debates for development? I have looked into this some more since I find it very interesting how an easily accessible technological tool (for those with internet access of course, which is not a big part of the world looking at the picture below), which at first glance seems […]

Tagged as: digital divide, participation, slacktivism, social media, Twitter

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Getting People To the Parks

by Sofia Hafdell on October 17, 2013

in Social Movements

The concept of “Mediated mobilization” may be useful when analyzing social movements or activists mobilizing through the use of new media, in turn promoting participatory democracy (see Lievrouw, 2011). It blurs the lines between the online and the offline by encouraging citizens to take to the streets after organizing via social media. A recent example […]

Tagged as: Mediated mobilization, offline, online activism, protests, public sphere, social change, social movements

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Turn Off Your Televisions!

by Sofia Hafdell on October 15, 2013

in Participatory Journalism,Social Movements

While there is a whole debate going on about whether social media improves our understanding of social and political events, many would agree on that social media allow for wider participation. Blurring the line between media consumption and production, as discussed by media scholars such as Mandiberg (2012), social media may be the key tool […]

Tagged as: OccupyGezi, participation, participatory journalism, social media, social movements, Twitter

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Professional privilege in social media

by Therese Sjödin on October 14, 2013

in Activism,Social Movements

There are many examples of different usages of social media that would be appropriate to bring up here regarding who participates in ICT4D and how. The ones that I want to discuss with you can be seen as showing similar aspects concerning professional privilege while at the same time being different in the aims and […]

Tagged as: awareness, digital divide, expertise, participation, social change, social media

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Social media encourage participation by the African asporian

by Lucia Mati on October 13, 2013

in Activism,Media Production,Participatory Journalism,Social Movements

Something transformational has been happening online. The participators of the social media have changed. African voices have begun populating social media and we are no longer faced with what is called “the danger of a single story”. New stories are being told through social media such as Twitter, Facebook and other forms. These powerful tools […]

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Changing trends in political engagement

by Lucia Mati on October 13, 2013

in Media Production,Participatory Journalism,Social Movements

Social media are considered as a potentially effective means of improving the relationship between citizens and the representatives. The web encourage actively contributing, collaboration, social networking and interacting. Citizens are no longer viewed as passive receivers, but rather as actively contributing, collaborating in political processes. The traditional relationship between political elites and citizens is transfomered. With […]

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Social media today

by Lucia Mati on October 13, 2013

in Activism,Social Movements

  Social media has become a part of many people’s life and it is something that influences his or her daily life. It plays a big role in how we interact with each other. Everything online has a concept of building a community. People like being a part of something unique and special – a part of a […]

Tagged as: community, participation

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