Digital activism is a form of activism happening in the digital sphere. More and more people make us of new media to start or support campaigns they can identify with. Over time, digital activism can lead to social change.
Dear readers, Thank you for your loyalty throughout these months of our blog posting live from Scotland, Malawi, Australia, Jordan, and Singapore. As with every great story, it needs to reach a (happy?) end. While we are all moving on with our lives, both online and offline, we have decided …
Dear readers, As I am writing this blog a 6-hour power cut has forced me to leave my house and walk to the nearest coffee shop with a power backup. I am lucky to not only live close to such a café (walking isn’t much fun when it’s 37 degrees …
Revolution has started in the rain Dear readers, in the early autumn 2016 on the 3rd of October, rivers of black umbrellas moved through streets of Polish cities and towns. It was a rainy day so an umbrella served a practical role, and soon after became a symbol of a …
Dear readers, in June 2020, one blurry and unsophisticated TikTok video by a 51-year-old #TikTokGrandma (Laupp, 2020; Magid 2020), derailed Trump’s campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, when it went viral and mobilised people to falsely register for the stadium event, leaving a majority of the event’s seats empty. In the …
Dear readers, an investigation from the British Broadcasting Corporation – the BBC – has found that Syrian families have been livestreaming on the popular social media platform TikTok, which has a user count of more than 1 billion in 154 countries (Ruby, 2022), for several hours daily. These families, however, …
Dear readers, it is awfully hot this year in Malawi and though my biggest fear right now may be a sunburn, many Malawians are scared about an extremely dry season, floods, and therefore a bad harvest. The soil is cracking, dry, and hard as stone, and the rainy season is …
Dear readers, recently, I came across an interesting conversation between Jeffrey Masters from the LGBTQ&A podcast and Adam Eli, author of the book The New Queer Conscience, activist and community organiser with over 100k followers on Instagram and 6.5k followers on Twitter. Jeffrey comes from quite a questioning perspective, one …
When you feel done with social media but… Dear readers, researching online and digital activism from the point of view of a person who tries to avoid social media as much as possible seems like an interesting task in itself. I do have Facebook and Instagram accounts although my activity …
Dear readaers, it is a lazy Saturday and a lazy Saturday means I’m probably watching TikTok number 372. Sounds like a lot, it probably is. But then I do know now how I can cook the perfect crispy chicken, how I should let go of what weighs me down, how …
