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http://miriamposner.com/dh150w15/insertyourcausehere/ Coming of Age Online Wed, 19 Oct 2016 13:07:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.26 http://miriamposner.com/dh150w15/insertyourcausehere/#comment-369 Thu, 05 Mar 2015 20:19:57 +0000 http://miriamposner.com/dh150w15/?p=1008#comment-369 It’s like we talked about in class on Tuesday. I think we have to pull a part the idea of “Does this count?” and “Is it actually doing anything?” I think it’s important to note that online activism ranges greatly. At first, I thought of clicktivism as in sharing online petitions or the one you mentioned “i like it…(place)” for an ovarian cancer organization. However, there is also online activism as in live tweeting events like Ferguson. In any case, we have to separate these ideas to make sense of the value in online activism

]]> http://miriamposner.com/dh150w15/insertyourcausehere/#comment-366 Thu, 05 Mar 2015 20:02:13 +0000 http://miriamposner.com/dh150w15/?p=1008#comment-366 As I have a number of friends involved in VSU, I definitely remember this whole controversy and seeing the hashtag and profile pictures changes all over my timeline. However, I definitely had no idea what the whole outcome of it was until you brought it up in your post. I knew it was meant to create awareness, but I now realize that I didn’t see a concrete plan of action or a real result to go along with this campaign. I’m guilty of clicktivism and activism myself, but as people have said and the readings elaborate on, there must be some social organizing and actual action to go along with such a movement in order to really make change. With prominent groups, such as VSU, there really was a possibility to use this online campaign and combine it with action to really create change and they should have done a better job at doing so. I can only hope that the national and global online campaigns have this sort of concrete backing to make real impact.

]]> http://miriamposner.com/dh150w15/insertyourcausehere/#comment-354 Thu, 05 Mar 2015 16:48:53 +0000 http://miriamposner.com/dh150w15/?p=1008#comment-354 Agreed. I think a lot of student groups here on campus take part in “clicktivism” and/or “slacktivism”. I don’t necessarily mean to say that what they’re doing is insignificant. If anything, I think social media is a great place to build awareness. There are a lot of issues I find out about through Facebook, but in the greater scheme of things and in the long-term, I really believe the impact is much smaller. I don’t think change can even happen that quickly, it takes time. These campaigns bring awareness, but how much of them are really changing people’s minds and the way they act?

]]> http://miriamposner.com/dh150w15/insertyourcausehere/#comment-347 Thu, 05 Mar 2015 08:39:23 +0000 http://miriamposner.com/dh150w15/?p=1008#comment-347 I am almost guilty of clicktivism- my work as a Director in the Cultural Affairs Commission requires me to advocate for these issues on both online and real life platforms. From the perspective of a planner, it is really difficult to make your cause stand out among others- it’s like you have to compete for attention online. Also, random side note, but my friend in the Daily Bruin says the word “awareness” is banned in articles. I think that really points to the way just throwing a cause around is not effective.

]]> http://miriamposner.com/dh150w15/insertyourcausehere/#comment-343 Thu, 05 Mar 2015 00:18:34 +0000 http://miriamposner.com/dh150w15/?p=1008#comment-343 There’s definitely many failed online campaigns that actually results in belittling the cause. The full execution of these clicktivist-centered movements is vital in accomplishing a successful campaign, which VSU was not able to complete.

]]> http://miriamposner.com/dh150w15/insertyourcausehere/#comment-334 Wed, 04 Mar 2015 02:12:27 +0000 http://miriamposner.com/dh150w15/?p=1008#comment-334 I think your VSU story highlights how there has to first be a plan of activism in place that social media can enhance and aid rather than it all being social media based. I feel bad that they didn’t make this realization.

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