SMC300H1 Lecture : SMC300 - Networking Activism
Document Summary
Week 10 ntwing activism and political 4/9/2012 4:41:00 pm. Groups capable of exerting different kind of force than are individuals, and when that force is turned against existing institution, create different kind of threat. Protests (i. e. leipzig protests leading up to topping of gdr, flash mob inspired protests). Individuals have particular threshold to join protest, key factor is fear of punishment, each successful march = diminished fear and spread awareness. Facilitates effective and rapid group coordination -> enable political action, sns: documentation (permanent) and distribution (rapid and global) of evidence. Sns enables rapid/simple group formation, removes obstacles to collective action, function as ordinary tool can enable unprecedented effects, new widely accessible forms of document, sharing, dist, storing. 3 levels: everyone knows, everyone knows that everyone knows, visible action = everyone knows that everyone knows that . Shirky argue 3rd level necessary for real public action.