Media activism in the digital age

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 390-392
Author(s):  
Giuliana Sorce
Keyword(s):  
Digital Age ◽  
Media Activism

Media Activism in the Digital Age

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edited by Victor Pickard ◽  
Guobin Yang
Keyword(s):  
Digital Age ◽  
Media Activism

scholarly journals DRAG THEM: A brief etymology of so-called “cancel culture”

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 88-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meredith D. Clark
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Moral Panic ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Media Activism ◽  
Black Vernacular ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Elites

The term “cancel culture” has significant implications for defining discourses of digital and social media activism. In this essay, I briefly interrogate the evolution of digital accountability praxis as performed by Black Twitter, a meta-network of culturally linked communities online. I trace the practice of the social media callout from its roots in Black vernacular tradition to its misappropriation in the digital age by social elites, arguing that the application of useful anger by minoritized people and groups has been effectively harnessed in social media spaces as a strategy for networked framing of extant social problems. This strategy is challenged, however, by the dominant culture’s ability to narrativize the process of being “canceled” as a moral panic with the potential to upset the concept of a limited public sphere.

Social Media Activism in the Digital Age: Testing an Integrative Model of Activism on Contentious Issues

2019 ◽  
Vol 97 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Myoung-Gi Chon ◽  
Hyojung Park
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Integrative Model ◽  
Gun Ownership ◽  
Media Activism ◽  
Scholarly Discussion ◽  
Hostile Media Perception ◽  
Networked Society

The purpose of this study was to propose an integrative model of activism that explains why and how individuals in the networked society are engaged in contentious issues. Incorporating the situational theory of problem solving (STOPS), hostile media perception, affective injustice, and social media efficacy, this study examined how the integrative model of activism predicts social media activism and offline activism on three issues of gun ownership, immigration, and police use of power. The integrative model of activism provides a valuable standpoint to understand activist publics and serves as a springboard for further scholarly discussion on activism and conflict resolution.

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