UMBCMCS355 Spring 18

https://hipmagazine.org/2018/02/01/rich-the-kids-newfreezerchallenge-goes-viral/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2018/03/24/athletes-rally-on-social-media-in-support-of-the-march-for-our-lives/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.07e2805a47d3

The NFL currently resides in the aftermath of its athletes taking a knee to protest racial disparities and injustices in the United States. A few players prominent in the weekly demonstrations, including Eric Reid and Colin Kaepernick, consider whether to continue their activism during the National Anthem as they seek employment. The movement during NFL games reached its pinnacle following Donald Trump's comments disparaging the athlete activists. After athletes, managers, and owners made joint demonstrations, either before or during the anthem, which received mixed results, the on-field activism seemed to quell. Regardless of the off-field charity done by Kaepernick, the media placed much of the emphasis on his kneeling stance. We associate this with the quarterback and bring up many discussion about its appropriateness, message, and place within the public conversation. Coinciding with this weekend, a social media hashtag trended in response to Trump. #TakeAKnee https:/...

http://www.journalism.org/2012/11/28/role-social-media-arab-uprisings/

The power of social media has made a huge impact throughout Hollywood and in many industries, bringing forward the question of gender equality in the workplace and in society. I have personally seen friends use it on Facebook and Twitter to address issues they come across in everyday life, and celebrities promote the hashtags as well. https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/01/beyond-metoo-can-times-up-effect-real-change/549482/ One of my friends who is an engineering major at UMD shared this post on Facebook, speaking up about the treatment of female verses male TA's:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0Q4-6ehzdY This is a link to a video that explains how social media has great power in connecting people. The speaker discusses this through his own real life examples. Other examples he provided was revolutions and protests around the world that are getting kick started by social media platforms.

Here is a video with a discussion between activists that are known for using both their social media presences and their physical, in-person activism and they discuss how the  affordances, and mostly the limitations, of of online/social media activism affect the actual causes they claim to support https://www.rt.com/shows/watching-the-hawks/422842-activism-government-surveillance-media/

This video discusses the limitations of activism through social media due to the temporary nature of posts and videos. Videos, ads, and posts are created to provoke strong emotional responses, but not immediate action. There are so many posts we see about different social issues, we forget about each one within a day. If something isn't easy enough for us to actually do to make a difference, chances are, we won't do it.

https://psmag.com/social-justice/social-media-activism

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4103576/?utm_source=direct

These articles do not discuss social media as much as I would prefer, however, they both cite social media as the organization method for the Ceasefires. However, the organizers did a lot of community organizing and outreach, so it is difficult to say whether social media, community organizing, or the slew of non-ceasefire related causes and influences can be credited for the increased success of Baltimore ceasefires over the last few years. 2017 fail: http://www.businessinsider.com/r-homicide-in-baltimore-breaks-ceasefire-meant-to-reduce-violence-2017-8 2018 success: http://wgno.com/2018/02/14/baltimores-streak-of-11-days-without-a-homicide-just-ended/

https://psmag.com/social-justice/social-media-activism An article on how social media brings users the power the connect, plan, and execute social justice movements-- making noise online has even gone as far to influence public policy

https://medium.com/@emilydparker/how-blacklivesmatter-resembles-activism-in-the-authoritarian-world-24d1200864f6

https://work.qz.com/1193569/me-too-movement-creator-tarana-burke-says-you-dont-have-to-sacrifice-everything-for-a-cause/

http://theconversation.com/can-social-media-loud-and-inclusive-fix-world-politics-74287

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp_LoZUEOf8 This is a #pinkprotest video utilizing both hashtags and appealing to ALL activist campaigns the use of social media/Internet as well as its advantages to their cause.

http://theconversation.com/beyond-hashtags-how-a-new-wave-of-digital-activists-is-changing-society-57502 How social media is benefiting online activism, in showing public awareness and growing online communities.

https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/hashtag-activism-hashtag10-twitter-trends-dresslik/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He2Jw9GYAN8 This is a TED talk about youth activism in the era of social media.

http://theconversation.com/march-for-our-lives-awakens-the-spirit-of-student-and-media-activism-of-the-1960s-93713 This article talks about how thanks to social media and social media activism, students again have a platform to speak their minds and their hearts.

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/26/business/media/hashtag-activism-and-its-limits.html This article is on the limits of hashtag activism, and what it means.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-YUVP7G524 Ted Talk on the impact of social media in political debate

How social media is changing the feminist movement http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/how-social-media-changing-the-feminist-movement This article explains how platforms such as Twitter can bring attention to women issues on the local and natoinal level, but also can be a short-lived hashtag. A prime example is  #BringBackOurGirls, which died out after a couple of days.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-metoo-sexual-harassment-future-20171214-story.html

Teens use of Twitter and Hashtags to fight gun violence is actively becoming a more effective tool for organizing and fighting for gun regulations than anything in the last 20 years or so. Students are not only spreading awareness, but actually rallying in large amounts, and personally confronting politicians about their ties with organizations like the NRA. How Parkland's social media-savvy teens took back the internet--and the gun control debate Twitter verifying accounts of prominent Parkland survivors *image is linked to CNBC article it was taken from

https://pauljreilly.pressbooks.com/chapter/exploring-instagram-activism-emma-watson-and-sustainable-fashion/ Emma Watson has turned her following into activists by sending a message on her social media platforms.

On every episode of this podcas t a political scientist, Michael Bossetta, discusses an aspect of politics and how social media impacts it. 

"The Case For Social Media and Hashtag Activism" by Sabina Khan-Ibarra https://www.huffingtonpost.com/sabina-khanibarra/the-case-for-social-media_b_6149974.html

Gladwell, Malcolm, “Small Change,” The New Yorker, 10/4/10, http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/10/04/small-change-3   (viewed 8/24/14), Opam, Kwame, “Building Tools for Digital Activism” 11/29/16, The Verge, http://www.theverge.com/a/verge-2021/deray-mckesson-interview-black-lives-matter-digital-activism   (viewed 1/14/17), Short Reflection (Share an example (a link to an online text, video, website, etc.) that discusses the power and or the limits of social media to address a social justice, political, or health issue).