An Introduction to Digital Activism Mary Joyce Co-Founder | DigiActive May, 2009 | Attribution License

digital activism : grassroots activists using networked technologies for social & political change campaigns

Can you gimme an example ?

Img : José Antonio Rivas , lawyersmovement.com / , Divine Rapier (Flickr) international rallies organized through Facebook Colombia

Img : José Antonio Rivas , lawyersmovement.com / , Divine Rapier (Flickr) international rallies organized through Facebook live SMS updates from protest march Pakistan Colombia

Img : José Antonio Rivas , lawyersmovement.com / , Divine Rapier (Flickr) international rallies organized through Facebook live SMS updates from protest march Blogs and offline citizen journalists collect quake victim names China Pakistan Colombia

What are the characteristics of good digital activism?

Low-cost Sustainable Self-reinforcing Local

Appropriate technology Effective Longterm strategy

Other countries Reproducible Other issues Other activists

What are the challenges to digital activism?

Connecting Online & Offline Img : Indymedia Morocco Help Fouad Mourtada Campaign

Elitism & Inequality Img : Shared Interest /Flickr, waffler/Flickr

Hype & Tool Transience Img : cyberlearning-world.com, visual media/Flickr

New Casualties Img : freekareem.org, Committee to Protect Bloggers, Nudjit News Iran Egypt Guatemala Omid Reza Jean Ramses Anleu Fernandez Abdelkareem Nabil Soliman

What does DigiActive do to support digital activism?

Post cases on our blog Research through R@D Train activists Write digital activism guides …and we’re writing a book

How can you get involved in DigiActive’s work?

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