Digital activism can be fruitful if it is followed up by practical and strategic offline actions.
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The hacktivist collective ‘Anonymous’ has become just that – but the hacktivism they espoused may be set to return.
Slacktivism won’t cut it in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
New global communities of concerned citizens can help protect iconic places such as the Great Barrier Reef. But the scope of these remote communities must extend beyond mere ‘slacktivism’.
Each individual act of posting, linking, commenting and liking may look insignificant up close, but they add up. There is enormous power here for mass persuasion, one viral share at a time.
Much social good can come from mass involvement – and research shows that includes online activism. The bigger picture takes in all those people who care but are at risk of doing nothing.
When politics and political institutions are trolled by the internet, the outlook is grim.
Young people are starting to skip the very public postings of some of social media’s original platforms. Why? And where will that leave the companies that rely on our willingness to divulge everything?
Indonesians reacted defiantly on social media after the bombings and shootings in Jakarta last week. But how effective is the response on social media in countering terrorism?
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Senior Lecturer in Digital Technologies, University of Roehampton
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Environmental Social Science Research Fellow, James Cook University
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Professor of Sociology, University of Arizona
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Professor of Contemporary Philosophy and Literature, Brunel University of London
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
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Assistant Professor of Digital Communication and Social Media, Cabrini College
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Lecturer in Sociology, Universitas Indonesia
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Professor of Communication and Media, Montclair State University
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Lecturer, English Language and Linguistics, University of the West of England
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Associate Professor in Cybercrime and Cybersecurity and Co-Director of the Centre for Cybercrime and Economic Crime, University of Portsmouth