{"id":183,"date":"2023-09-22T17:51:56","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T15:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpmu.mau.se\/nmict23group7\/?p=183"},"modified":"2023-11-04T06:25:23","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T05:25:23","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpmu.mau.se\/nmict23group7\/183\/welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the (Il)legit Activism Blog!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We are super excited to kick off this journey and would in this very first post like to introduce you to the overall idea that\u2019s behind this blog, and also shortly introduce ourselves. After all, who are we to evaluate if something is legitimate or not, if our readers won\u2019t have the possibility to assess if they can trust us?<\/p>

In times of fake news, climate denial propaganda, and digital troll\/bot arm\u00e9s spreading disinformation with the purpose of steering development for the advantage of the few, the truth appears to be a rare thing. When even scientists aren\u2019t taken seriously and their science is ignored, one might ask if there is such a thing as one truth anymore. And if there is, who has the right to decide on it?<\/p>

\u201cIllegit\u201d is a play on the words legitimate\/illegitimate, where the \u2018i\u2019 also stands for the person who ultimately decides on the (il)legitimacy of activism on their own terms.\u00a0Likewise, \u201cI\u201d in English serves as a conversation opener.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>

In the (il)legit activism blog we want to explore what legitimate activism is and how activism on\/through social media can be seen as (il)legit. Climate activists leverage digital media and manage to mobilize millions in collective battle with memes, TikToks, and reels. At the same time, it appears to be more challenging than ever for scientists to communicate their science and get policymakers, media, and the public to take it seriously. Serious journalism with fact checks and established processes for legitimacy is living side by side with activist communication where stories are published with a click and instantly reached by the masses. When opinions can be shared freely with millions in one part of the world, censorship with alternative ways of communicating is the reality for activists in other parts of the world. The illegit activism blog wants to examine communication from different activist groups fighting for everything from feminism to climate justice and look at how communication styles vary, with what effect and impact.<\/p>

The mission of the (il)legit activism blog is to inspire, challenge, and encourage people to become involved in activism topics, regardless of whether they see themselves as activists or not. We aim to draw attention and awareness to how development communication takes many different forms and no longer is owned and published by only international development organizations. We want to showcase the many faces of activism communication and how activists today use new media to contribute to global development.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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So who are the (il)legit activists behind the illegit activism blog<\/strong> and why are they excited about communication? The illegit activism blog is run by six master\u2019s students from Malm\u00f6 University, Sweden, studying Communication for Development. As a simple blog post could never do the task of defining Communication for Development (C4D) justice, we simply choose to link to some pages, people, and great minds doing that job. More about us and our interests;<\/p>