Media activism

Case study: Anonymous While the motivation of terrorist acts remains the same, the rapid evolution of technique has provided to those that use terror as a method to attain their goals, new weapons with a potential that is not fully quantified. The database, the measures of protection and security, the equipments meant to reassure our safety are exposed to those new types of weapons, the traditional methods of fight becoming impractical. The cyber-crimes are a supplement for cyber-terrorism in…

the world. This social problem is linked to many of the suffering and pain that majority of the world is still facing. To solve the problem many activists took to the street of their problems and protest through the use of speech, sit ins, and media. Activist took the problem that has been happening and try to spread their whole message to…

Can activist, more specifically community activists, successfully transition to a politician? – holding community interest over self interest and ensure the community is the creator and not object of policy. In the New York Times: Room for debate opinion section Bob Kerry, former governor of Nebraska and U.S. Senator, defines both terms activist and politician. “An activist is someone who organizes and acts for the purpose of changing a public policy or law. A politician is someone who seeks…

more interested in their social media accounts such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc. and their social lives due to the fact that the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project survey showed results that 95% of all teens are…

‘For the Tropicália movement, music was a form of politics.’ Discuss. The music of Tropicália brought a subtle political message of unity and social activism to Brazil in a time of heavy repression. It developed in 1967, following the psychedelic rock movements of USA and UK, but was quickly restricted the following year when its founding members, Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso, were exiled as threats to society. Its music applied a mixture of musical styles, from Brazilian traditional dance…

The 1960s is known as a turbulent political decade in the United States. The advent of the Vietnam War gave rise to the wave of anti-war protests that challenged policies of the President Johnson administration and opposed a mandatory draft instituted at the time. The anti-war protests, in turn, fueled the student movement with teachers and students alike staging “teach-ins” to show their opposition to the war. At the same time, this decade saw the emergence of the civil rights movement with…

He argues that a large factor contributing to the failure of the movement was the type of activism used. The countercultural approach enacted by the activists for the movement was unable to create change in part because politicians do not have to listen to protestors. There is no requirement for public officials to create change in response to…

The Oxford Dictionary defines freedom of speech as “The right to express any opinions without censorship or restraint.” In the U.S, the right to free speech is projected under the First Amendment of the American Constitution, with the exception of obscenities, threats, and words that incite law breaking. According to the late associate justice of the supreme court William O. Douglas ““Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American…

From the 1890’s to the 1920’s, the Progressive Era consisted of many changes in social stances and political methods in the United States. There were numerous individuals who were determined to see reform, including Florence Kelley. Florence Kelley deserves a place in history because she was such an inspirational person who had accomplished giving women and children better rights, especially in the work force. Florence Kelley grew up in a political family which led her to become the person that…

What do you know about Teen Activist? Have you ever heard of them? Do you know malala Yousafzai? Or Faye Carey? What about child labor? Well Teen Activism is where teenagers stand up for what they believe in or something that happened to them like malala’s school was bombed that her dad built. What it takes to become a teen activist it has many things to have to be a teen activist it takes courage, bravery, determination, strength and many more things to become a teen activist. Today you are…