CMNS 353 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Barometer, Universal Design, Civil Society
28 Aug 2017
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Social media is where work and play converge. The power of individual to connect with others. Social media movements, people participate from all over the place. Make things that are not traditionally seen as politics political. Successes: removal of confederate flag from south carolina capitol. Public pressure on federal government to investigate police actions in. Pushing political leaders to develop policy proposals on issues specifically affecting african-americans. Indigenous voices included as sources ~20% of the time in print media coverage of indigenous issues (meadows, 1999) 3% in a sample of 3,571 sources-appearances on cbc, global and ctv newcasts (clark, 2013) More about getting the story out, rather than physical actions. Role of mass media in covering events and mobilizing sentiment. Face-to-face remains the primary mode of social movement organization. Internet as information source, mediator to outside world. Many factors cause revolutions, many factors cause cahnge.
