5 Examples of Social Media Activitism
5 Examples of social media activism
Stop Kony 2012 – The was Project founded by Invisible children Inc., which sought to raise awareness about the heinous crimes against humanity committed in Uganda by Joseph Kony founder of the LRA. Invisible children Inc. sought assistance from The Hague, US senators, governments, human rights activists, acclaimed lawyers, celebrities as well as average individuals across the globe to simply generate knowledge since for 20 years many have not have not even heard of the atrocities committed in Uganda. Invisible Inc. sought to raise global awareness to educate the masses about this injustice and join the cause in solidarity by April 20 2012 through its aggressive Facebook campaign and YouTube video.
The Arab Spring. The Arab Spring's relevance and awareness was generated heavily on social media outlets like Facebook and Twitter to organize and share with the world about was going on in Egypt.
Syrian uprising – since YouTube was blocked by the Syrian army civilians and protesters relied on social media platforms, especially Twitter to document the injustices going on in Syria.
Occupy Wall Street 2014 – Only 1% of the American population are elite and privileged in American society while the rest of society the 99%, are subject to inequality. The 99% of American protesters camped outside of New York in 2014 to advocate for equality against hegemonic oppression and social stratification in society ever widening economic gap between the rich and the rest of Americans. The occupy movement relied on social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to shed awareness about the cause.
Hashtag activism (in response to Stephen Colbert’s racist slurs against Asians on his show) Suey Park a 23 year old freelance writer from the United States devised the hashtag #CancelColbert as a means to end the racism and white privilege that the show was endorsing . That hashtag launched 500,000 comments in over 60 countries and gained a Twitter following of over 100, 000.