Internet activism

The texts “I Escaped A Violent Gang” and “Making Sarah Cry” have similar themes of courage. Each text shows the theme differently throughout the text. In “I escaped A Violent Gang” the author had to go through different events needing courage. In “Making Sarah Cry” Sarah shows courage while standing up to her bullies. While both of these texts share a common theme, the mood of the texts is completely different. The memoir “I Escaped A Violent Gang” has a mood of sadness and is a bit scary…

had the privilege of being one of the many valuable speakers for the ESPYS, an awards show for hundreds of famous athletes in a variety of sports ranging from football to water polo. In his speech, he thoroughly and carefully spoke against social activism and racial discrimination. Immediately following his message, the audience of thousands in front of him had risen and applauded as if the president had just spoken. In contrast, there’s Colin Kaepernick. Before his acts of protest, you may have…

Dakota Access Pipeline share many similarities, yet there exist differences. For this paper, I will focus on the similarities regarding environmental rights, state violence, and consent over land and the differences of the land ownership and social activism. Both groups focus on advocating for environmental rights rather than succumb to the capitalist ideals encroaching on their land. This is a driving force to maintain their land and its purity as well as reach the outside communities. The…

Teen activists by connor Braate Teen activists work really hard toward their cause and don’t give up until they have fixed the problem they're trying to fix. Most of them are even willing to die over their cause for others. But most importantly teen activists have goals, challenges and a cause. Goals Teen activists all have goals. For example Alex libby ( teen activist trying to stop bullying and harassment) has a goal to stop bullying. They always try to reach their goal and do not stop…

A Teen Activist is someone who fights for good. A Teen Activist is a person who has fear but has courage. They always fight against what is bad with peace, never rage. They also fight to make the world a better place and just give up personal time just to try and get rid of the people who have poverty and make those people happy and rich. We should be happy that we have such people in our lives. To start, Teen Activists have certain “heart” qualities and one of them is really common and it…

“I don’t want to be remembered as the girl who was shot. I want to be remembered as the girl who stood up.” This was said by Malala Yousafzai, a teen activist who stands up for girls education all over the world. What is a teen activist, you may ask? A teen activist is a kid or teenager who is working towards change for the better in society, politics or the environment and will stop at nothing to make that change happen. To be a teen activist, you must want a change in some are of society and…

Anonymous: The Generation of Hacktivists “We are not hackers. We are not terrorists. We are not violent. We are citizens of the world who bear witness to tyranny, oppression and censorship.” “We resist those who seek to violate our rights as human beings.” “We are everyone and we are no one.” “United as One, Divided by Zero. We are Anonymous.” These are quotes stated by hqanon, or the Headquarter of Anonymous, describing Anonymous and the fight creates against their opponents. Through the past…

cybercrime or cyberterrorism. Hacktivism is a way to foster change and protection in the modern world, by allowing those who find themselves without a voice able to speak and messages to be sent across the globe. Hacktivism emerged with the birth of the internet and using computer viruses and worms as means to spread their messages. One of the first instances of early hacktivism was “Worms Against…

Over the years internet hacking has become more and more popular for tech savvy users on social media. This coupled with the fact that the tools used for hacking are easily accessible and easy to use create a recipe for disaster, at least for big companies that got in the way of a group known as Anonymous. Anonymous is an internet hacking group or hacktivist group depending on how one would look at it. They are best known for their attacks on the Church of Scientology, Westboro Baptist Church,…

independence. However, as previously mentioned, the public sphere is an important political tool in democratic society because it gives citizens the power to influence political action. In consideration of Internet studies, the subject of subcultures will be analyzed, identifying Internet activism as a major contribution to the influence of political action. The organization WikiLeaks will show how the Deep…