Digital activism, slacktivism, and (new) media manipulation
Tag: <span>Slacktivism</span>

Tag: Slacktivism

Final Blog Post: Acknowledging the Digital

In the past months, I wrote four blogposts related to new media and development. My blogposts encompassed topics like the Black Lives Matter movement, COVID-19 and censorship, the dehumanizing use of marginalized people on development organizations’ social media and the role of the digital ‘world’ in relation to displaced people …

Is it possible that an environmental movement will change for good due to a global pandemic and digitalization?

Keywords: Greta Thunberg, climate change, activism, protest, digitalization, climate strikes, Fridays For Future. School strike week 88.Today we had planned a global climate strike with millions taking part. But in an emergency you have to adapt and change your behaviour.The climate crisis is still ongoing and we must fight every …

Social Justice through art. How to create awareness that lasts?

Keywords: Street art, social justice, silent activism, Black Lives Matter, awareness, George Floyd, keyboard warriors. How do we generate awareness about social injustice that lasts and that everyone can relate to or understand? By including art that mediates social justice into the discussion, in combination with dissemination in the media, …

Social Justice behind the screens. Is digital activism effective?

In my first blog post, I will dig deeper into the fact that digital activism and online protests have replaced many of the “street protests”. I will also discuss how people have found various ways to spread messages and important information. I will draw on an academic article and apply …

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