How Social Media Has (Or Hasn’t) Changed Civic Movements [Social Media Week Panel] #SMWNYC #SMWReuters

February 16, 2012 in Digital Activism, Events

There have been plenty of comparisons made between the Vietnam protests of the 60’s and the current Occupy Wall Street movement that is spreading across the globe. But today’s Occupiers
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Slacktivism and Clicktivism debate? You’re boring me.

August 22, 2010 in Digital Activism

I wrote a quick blog post Tuesday on the MAP site (“Clicktivism Schmicktivism.  Move on, literally.”) in response to Micah White’s article in the Guardian on Clicktivism and the demise
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SXSW Panel: Ending the Lazy Discourse of Digital Activism (Vote if you like it!)

August 11, 2010 in Events

I’ve submitted a panel for SXSW, and if you like the topic (and only if you like it, as I don’t support having a popularity contest about it, as it
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SXSW: How to Spark a Movement in the 21st Century#sxsw #sparkmovements

March 13, 2010 in Digital Activism, Events

Panel: How to Spark a Movement in the 21st Century Speaker: Scott Heiferman Description: Technology connects us to each other as never before, making it easier to harness our collective
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Digital Activism Book: Chapter Abstract

August 12, 2009 in Digital Activism, Publications, Research

I’m in the last stages of writing a chapter for a book on Digital Activism that’s being written by a really great group of colleagues, such as Patrick Meier, Gaurav
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DigiActive: R@D Digital Activism Survey

July 15, 2009 in Digital Activism, Publications, Research

Our goal in creating this survey was to collect the first international demographic data on the new group we call “digital activists”: people who use digital technology as part of grassroots campaigns for social and political change.

Pop!Tech post: DigiActive and social tools for social change

April 23, 2009 in Digital Activism, Pop!Tech, Technology

A write up on digital activism and DigiActive as an organization. In recent months, there’s been a marked increase in the mentions of how social media tools have been used
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