Does Clicktivism Work?

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- THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY

- CLICKTIVIST.ORG

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“Outraged Nigerians took to social media with the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls, which swept around the world in more than three million retweets. Even Michelle Obama, America’s First Lady, posed holding a placard with the hashtag... But one year later, #BringBackOurGirls hasn’t brought the girls home…. It’s a sad illustration of the limitations of “clicktivism”

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- Facebook activism amplifies harmful underpinning of capitalism Social media platforms transform social issues into cultural capital - Ossues become labels of political alignment and lend an appearance of social awareness attached to a digitally curated self. They become a means to the end of social gain, rather than of social change - the end-goal of this online “activism” is typically limited to raising awareness. As valuable as it is to widen people’s understanding of the world, no tangible change flows from awareness alone. - Social media is fast, easy, cheap and, in one sense, democratic. social media sites are profit

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Several online activist campaigns involve people nominating others (calling on individual people to get involved) in its nature.

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WHEN FOOTAGE OF NFL START RAY RICE PUNCHING HIS WIFE LEAKED, THE HASHTAG #WHYISTAYED WAS MADE AS A RESPONSE TO THE MANY ASKING WHY SHE WOULD STAY WITH HIM.

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Social Media was a platform people could use to share, discuss, and protest. A way for their voices to be heard. For world wide attention on these issues.

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SOMETIMES VOICING DISSENT (OR SUPPORT) IS THE ONLY POWER WE HAVE..

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” -Ritu Sharma

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Castillo, Marco, Ragan Petrie, and Clarence Wardell. "Fundraising through Online Social Networks: A Field Experiment on Peer-to-peer Solicitation." Journal of Public Economics 114 (2014): 29-35. Web.

Dewey, Caitlin. "#Bringbackourgirls, #Kony2012, and the Complete, Divisive History of ‘hashtag Activism’." Washington Post. The Washington Post, n.d. Web. June 2015. <http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2014/05/08/bringbackourgirls-kony2012-and-the-complete-divisive-history-of-hashtag-activism/>.

Grinberg, Emanuella. "Meredith Vieira Explains #WhyIStayed." CNN. Cable News Network, n.d. Web. June 2015. <http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/09/living/rice-video-why-i-stayed/>.

Kielburger, Marc, and Craig Kielburger. "A Click Is Not Enough to Have Impact on World."Canoe.com. N.p., n.d. Web. June 2015. <http://cnews.canoe.com/CNEWS/World/2015/04/10/22337541.html>.

Kim, Yoonj. "#NotYourAsianSidekick Is a Civil Rights Movement for Asian American Women."The Guardian. N.p., n.d. Web. June 2015#notyourasiansidekick is a civil rights movement for asian american women. <www.theguardian.com%2Fcommentisfree%2F2013%2Fdec%2F17%2Fnot-your-asian-sidekick-asian-women-feminism>.

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Mazie, Steven. "Three Big Problems With Facebook Activism." Big Think. N.p., 23 July 2014. Web. June 2015. <http://bigthink.com/praxis/facebook-is-fraying-not-saving-the-world>.

Sharma, Ritu. "Stop Pouring Ice on Clicktivism." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, n.d. Web. June 2015. <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ritusharma/stop-pouring-ice-on-click_b_5692555.html>.

Stern, Caryl M. "In Praise of Clicktivism." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, n.d. Web. June 2015. <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/caryl-m-stern/in-praise-of-clicktivism_b_6978314.html>.

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