Essays about: "Digital Social Movements"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 60 essays containing the words Digital Social Movements.

  1. 1. ¿Quién dió la orden? Mediations for social change, affects and digital media

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : Gisselle Vanessa Martín Chocontá; [2023]
    Keywords : Mediations; affects; digital media; social change; connective action; collective action; meaning-making; social movements; political agency; Twitter.; Mediaciones; afectos; medios digitales; cambio social; acción conectiva; acción colectiva; producción de sentido; movimientos sociales; agencia política; Twitter.;

    Abstract : In 2019,  Movice and CT created a mural that depicts faces of  high-ranking military officers who were in command when more than 6.000 civilians were killed by soldiers and were presented as guerilla members. READ MORE

  3. 2. How to communicate efficiently on social media : A case study about emotional communication strategies by the climate activist group Rebellmammorna

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Anna Nilsson; [2023]
    Keywords : visuals; narrative; emotional communication; social media platforms; climate movements; visuella element; narrativ; emotionell kommunikation; sociala medieplattformar; klimatrörelser;

    Abstract : This case study aims to explore how emotional communication on social media can influence the target group by examining the communicative strategies, including visuals and narratives, used by the climate activist group Rebellmammorna. Eight semi-structured interviews were conducted with members of Rebellmammorna to investigate how they describe their communicative strategies, how they use emotional communication to establish a relationship with their target group, and how users experience the communication on their social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, and their webpage). READ MORE

  4. 3. Flexible Organizational Structures of the Digitally Mediated Collective Actor - A Case of the Shame Movement in Georgia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation

    Author : Darejan Tsurtsumia; [2023]
    Keywords : Communication Constitutes Organization; CCO; Collective Action; Structures; Digital Media; Georgia; Shame Movement; Social Movements; Logic of Connective Action; Flexible Organisational Structures; Protest Transformation; Gavrilov s Night; Georgian Dream; Private Facebook Group; Rallies; Non-human agency; Four Flows Framework; Solidarity; Citizenism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Recent scholarship has challenged the notion that digital tools alone can sustain a social movement, emphasizing instead the importance of collective identity and organizational structures. However, there is still limited understanding of how organizational structures emerge and transform in a social movement. READ MORE

  5. 4. Bridging the past, the present and the future : Ecuadorian indigenous youth defenders’ role in the creation of just social change in Ecuador

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Isabela Pérez; [2023]
    Keywords : indigenous peoples; indigenous youth; social change; Ecuador; indigenous rights; indigenous identities; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Indigenous peoples are one of the most marginalized social groups in Ecuador. Emerging as a new actor contesting this situation, indigenous youth defenders (IYD) appear to be leading initiatives that promote indigenous rights in the country. READ MORE

  6. 5. "Enough is Enough!" : political engagement on Twitter in the case of Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul convention

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Hülya Bakca; [2023]
    Keywords : civic engagement; political engagement; censorship; social movements; violence against women; woman s rights; counter democracy; social media; hashtag; #istanbulsözleşmesiyaşatır; #istanbulconventionsaveslives; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This research analyzes the political engagement of Turkish citizens on Twitter, in which underrepresented groups and individuals search for democratic public space to mobilize against injustice. With this in mind, the study focuses on the civic engagement of Turkish citizens on Twitter with the hashtag #istanbulsözleşmesiyaşatır, which translates to‘istanbulconventionsaveslives’. READ MORE