What is social media
Social media is the collective of online communications channels dedicated to community-based input, interaction, content-sharing and collaboration. Websites and applications dedicated to forums, microblogging, social networking, social bookmarking, social curation, and wikis are among the different types of social media. Here are some prominent examples of social media: Facebook is a popular free social networking website that allows registered users to create profiles, upload photos and video, send messages and keep in touch with friends, family and colleagues. According to statistics from the Nielsen Group, Internet users within the United States spend more time on Facebook than any other website.
How our activists view social media
Opposition politician Amr Badr from Egypt Modern communication strategy platforms such as twitter and facebook had a great influence on protest movements as they facilitated reaching a larger number of protesters and eased organizing protests in addition to media coverage. However, it is hard to reach older demographics, the poor and illiterate people who cannot or do not have access to such communication platforms. Greek lawyer Lila Bellou
Famous Activists
Game Show Host, Reality Television Star, Film Actor/Film Actress (1972–) Jenny McCarthy was named Playboy's 1994 Playmate of the Year and hosted MTV's 'Singled Out' from 1995 to… Author, Philanthropist (1811–1896) Harriet Beecher Stowe was an author and social activist best known for her popular anti-slavery novel Uncle…
Worldwide social activism demanding change
By Graham Peebles Change is afoot. Confronted with state corruption and corporate greed, abuse of human rights, environmental chaos and extreme levels of economic and social injustice, the people, overwhelmingly the young, are taking to the streets demanding change and a new political/economic system that is inclusive and just. With growing unity and confidence, people throughout the world are expressing their collective will and crying out for freedom, justice and equality, and to be listened to – not only by governments, but also by international institutions, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and central banks. These are enormously powerful global bodies which influence and fashion economic frameworks that affect the lives of billions of people.
Twitter, Facebook, and social activism
At four-thirty in the afternoon on Monday, February 1, 1960, four college students sat down at the lunch counter at the Woolworth’s in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina. They were freshmen at North Carolina A. & T., a black college a mile or so away. “I’d like a cup of coffee, please,” one of the four, Ezell Blair, said to the waitress. “We don’t serve Negroes here,” she replied.
colombia uses social media to support "el paro"
"Wear a ruana, because we are all from the country!" Photo: Facebook/events/Hosted by AnGela JoyIta RoJas and Yady Calvache At the place where potato fields and cyberspace meet, Colombians are building a movement in support of striking farmers, who in their second week of protests have taken the country by storm. Today was the “National Day of the Ruana,” a reference to the traditional wool or cotton poncho worn by Colombian farmers. Activists asked Colombians in cities to wear a ruana to show their support for the "campesinos," the Colombian Spanish word for farmers. The farmers have mobilized in response to the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement, which has opened the doors to imported potatoes, milk, tomatoes, rice, onions and carrots, among other products.
Social Activism
Careers in Social Activism--An Introduction Social activism is an intentional action with the goal of bringing about social change. If you feel strongly about a cause and are working towards a change, you could be considered an activist.
social activists
The only constant thing is change. The physical, biological and human environments are in a continual state of flux. Individuals react to change in patterns laid down by their society and culture. These patterns change through time. In the following two papers we look first at the general concept of social agency to suggest that the paradigm may be shifting.; we then look briefly at two examples of the new paradigm in practice and draw some preliminary conclusions. Social Activist: Heroic Parent or Thoughtful Adult?
Activists, Pundits, and Quiet Followers: Engaging the public in social issues McKinsey on Society
Research shows that needs and attitudes are more important than demographics or behaviors in determining how people engage in social issues. August 2010 | Santiago Delboy, Christy Gibb, Jonathan Law, Bart Sichel, and Lynn Taliento
Turkey protests: how activists stay one step ahead with social media
She will receive links to maps only visible to fellow activists that show the location of makeshift clinics in houses and even in restaurants' basements, and can watch live streams of protests on the Ustream service if she is at home. She told the Telegraph: "It has had a massive impact, and if it wasn't for social media we wouldn't have the right information on anything. It's been our saviour." Damla said the use of private group messaging meant activists could "react quickly to check whether we're all safe", and added that if access to Facebook and Twitter was temporarily disrupted, as it has been on each day of the protests, they would merely start communicating through the blogging site Tumblr instead.
