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Activism. Social. Media. Social activism. Social Media Activism. The Costs and Risks of Social Activism: A Study of Sanctuary Movement Activism. Gregory L. Wiltfang⇓ Direct all communications to Dr. Gregory L. Wiltfang, Department of Sociology and Social Work, Box 25, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS 67208. This study challenges the frequent characterization of social movements as homogeneous webs of activity. Copyright © 1991 The University of North Carolina Press.

Social-media-revolution. Social Media Activism: Not A Cause Worth Getting Behind. A spate of school sexual molestation cases in China have been uncovered recently by the media there. Over a 20-day period, eight cases of schoolkids being sexually molested by faculty or government officials have been reported, bringing forward the very important issue of child abuse in the nation. Disgusted and outraged Chinese citizens started an online campaign condemning the assaults by adults who are in a position of trust or power. But some Chinese netizens have taken to their Weibo accounts to participate in a strange "social activism" against such crimes, telling principals and other would-be assaulters to “get a room with me, let go of your students!”

And giving their contact information. Of course, these would-be activists don’t actually want to be contacted -- the campaign was designed to troll criminals via a kind of “pick on someone your own size” message. Because of this, social media "activism" is largely ineffective. The Latest 27 Social Media Facts, Figures and Statistics for 2012 - Infographic. Since I first joined Facebook over four years ago the social media landscape has continued to evolve at a rapid pace. It also has become more fun with the addition of Instagram and Pinterest.

What I like to see is that the big boys are not having it all their own way. Google thought Facebook was just a fad that would go away. For a while there Twitter looked like it would be a super nova that exploded with growth and then fade into oblivion. The women are the major participants on Pinterest. Two Significant Trends in Social Media There are two trends that have emerged in the last two years that have changed the social media landscape and fabric.

Visualisation of content: This is obvious when you see the rapid rise of Pinterest and Instagram and the evolution of larger images on Facebook and its user interface. These trends have also impacted web design and online shopping with Ebay changing its design and layout to a Pinterest styled home page ”feed” Social Media Statistics What About You? Activists, Pundits, and Quiet Followers: Engaging the public in social issues McKinsey on Society. Research shows that needs and attitudes are more important than demographics or behaviors in determining how people engage in social issues. August 2010 | Santiago Delboy, Christy Gibb, Jonathan Law, Bart Sichel, and Lynn Taliento. Twitter, Facebook, and social activism. At four-thirty in the afternoon on Monday, February 1, 1960, four college students sat down at the lunch counter at the Woolworth’s in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina.

They were freshmen at North Carolina A. & T., a black college a mile or so away. “I’d like a cup of coffee, please,” one of the four, Ezell Blair, said to the waitress. “We don’t serve Negroes here,” she replied. The Woolworth’s lunch counter was a long L-shaped bar that could seat sixty-six people, with a standup snack bar at one end. The seats were for whites. The snack bar was for blacks. By next morning, the protest had grown to twenty-seven men and four women, most from the same dormitory as the original four.

By the following Monday, sit-ins had spread to Winston-Salem, twenty-five miles away, and Durham, fifty miles away. The world, we are told, is in the midst of a revolution. These are strong, and puzzling, claims. Some of this grandiosity is to be expected. What makes people capable of this kind of activism?