Social Media, Social Justice

Social Media, Social Justice: Digital Activism from a Planetary Perspective

Originally presented in the Across the Curriculum Thinking series at Xavier University of Louisiana, 25 February 2015.

Select Links

• meta-activism.org by Mary Joyce
• Advocacy 2.0: An Analysis of How Advocacy Groups in the United States Perceive and Use Social Media as Tools for Facilitating Civic Engagement and Collective Action by Obar, Zube & Lampe
• Divest Tulane
• City Park for Everyone Coalition (Facebook)
• Slacktivism is like a first kiss by Mary Joyce
• Clicktivism: The pollution of activism with the logic of Silicon Valley by Micah White
• Looking Back on the Limits of Growth by Mark Strauss for Smithsonian Magazine
• 15 Global Challenges Facing Humanity via the Millennium Project

Credits for Select Images Used in Presentation

• Chart showing the evolution of mtDNA Haplogroups to MRCA by C. Rottensteiner (TiGen) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
• Satellite map of Africa by NASA [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
• Purgatorius by Nobu Tamura (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
• Amoeba proteus by Cymothoa exigua (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
• Earth Western Hemisphere transparent background by NASA [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
• Convicts (1903) by Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
• Bicycle multi-tool by Armchair (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
• Burial chamber of Sennedjem, Scene: Plowing farmer by the Yorck Project [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
• Printing press from 1811, exhibited in Munich, Germany by Matthias Kabel [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
• Smartphone, Android OS, Samsung by [Public domain], via Pixabay
• Chains by kennysarmy [CC BY-NC-ND 2.0], via Flickr
• Moore's Law, The Fifth Paradigm by Courtesy of Ray Kurzweil and Kurzweil Technologies, Inc. [CC BY 1.0], via Wikimedia Commons
• World GDP Per Capita 1500 to 2000, Log Scale by Benjamin Daniels (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
• Global Distribution of Wealth by Guest2625 [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
• CD-ROM by user Black and White on en.wikipedia [GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
• DDOS Is Protest Not a Crime by Pamela Drew [CC BY-NC 2.0], via Flickr
• Peoples' Global Action demonstrators in Prague in September 2000 by Uri at en.wikipedia [GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0], from Wikimedia Commons
• Black Indymedia Wallpaper via docs.indymedia.org
• WTO protests in Seattle, November 30, 1999: Pepper spray is applied to the crowd by Steve Kaiser [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Flickr
• WikiLeaks by knozos, via DeviantArt
• A collage for MENA protests by ليبي [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
• Kony 2012 Poster by Kennet1 (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
• Michelle Obama #BringBackOurGirls by Michelle Obama, Office of the First Lady [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
• Black Lives Matter Black Friday by The All-Nite Images [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Flickr
• Social Media Information Overload by Mark Smiciklas [CC BY-NC 2.0], via Flickr
• The Global Digital Divide by Dakman5 at en.wikipedia [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons
• Bury your head in the sand by Sander van der Wel [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Flickr
• we swarm by Sam Wolff [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Flickr
• Ink-drawing used on leaflets and other media at demonstrations against the use of sect. 278a of the Austrian criminal code against NGOs, started on 21. may 2008 by Onsemeliot (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
• Earth Hour 60+ Logo, by EarthHour.org [copyright], via Wikipedia
• Dirty Kiss by Athena Flickr [CC BY 2.0], via Flickr
• Mans hand clicking on mouse button by Dawn Hudson [copyright], via Dreamstime
• Idea plan action by Gerd Altmann [Public domain], via Pixabay
• Limits to Growth (Year 2000 Update)

Social Media, Social Justice: Panel Discussion

Originally presented at Rising Tide 6, Xavier University of Louisiana, 27 August 2011.