Essays about: "cyber activism"

Found 2 essays containing the words cyber activism.

  1. 1. The Wrong Amazon Is Burning : A qualitative case study of a protest movement against the Cyber Valley in Tübingen

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Christina Boger; [2020]
    Keywords : activism; civil resistance; Cyber Valley; militarism; protest movement; case study; antimilitarism; protest actions; surveillance;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the resistance of actors of civil society against perceived militarism, by means of a qualitative case study. As the title suggests, the establishment of a “Cyber Valley” in Tübingen, has not only been met with approval by local citizens. READ MORE

  3. 2. Sentenced by the court of Social Media - A qualitative analysis of informal justice-related social media mechanisms within the #MeToo-movement

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Victor Ukmar; [2018]
    Keywords : social media; Twitter; informal justice; public shaming; vigilantism; cyber activism; #MeToo; qualitative content analysis;

    Abstract : This study examines how the #MeToo-movement was influenced by different forms of informal justice on the social media platform Twitter in 2017. Furthermore, online U.S. news media is analyzed in its contributory role during the movement. READ MORE