Episode 26 - Clicktivism

Lockdown has got us curious about online activism, with many people turning to it in times of massive change.

We draw on our experiences to ask are petitions effective, and safe, and should you start one? What does it mean when we need issues to “keep on trending” to be relevant? What’s the reason behind the designs of Instagram slideshows? Plus mapping as a protest tool, the concept of “clictivism”, unusual activism tools and more.

References

1. Data For Black Lives

2. How social justice slideshows took over Instagram, Terry Nguyen

3. So, You Want to Post About Israel & Palestine on Instagram, Emily Burack

4. The web we have to save, Hossein Derakhshan

5. How can we build on clicktivism to harness diversity? Becca Bunce

6. Hacking Google Maps with a Wagon Full of Smartphones

7. Queering the Map 

8. Facebook and the Tyranny of the “Like” in a Difficult World, Zeynep Tufekci

9. Trump 'played' by K-pop fans and TikTok users who disrupted Tulsa rally, Kenya Evelyn

Books 

1. Twitter & Tear Gas, Zeynep Tufekci

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