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Youth Digital Activism 47th Symposium on International Relations - Social Media: Global Erhardt Graeff Impact on Political Engagement, Youth & Privacy MIT Center for Civic Media New Haven, CT, 8 April 2016 @erhardt

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47th Symposium on International Relations - Social Media: Global Impact on Political Engagement, Youth & Privacy 
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Youth 
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47th Symposium on International Relations - Social Media: Global Impact on Political Engagement, Youth & Privacy 
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Participatory Politics

“interactive, peer-based acts through which individuals and groups seek to exert both voice and influence on issues

  • f public concern”



 Cohen & Kahne 2013

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5 Genres of Youth Digital Activism

  • 1. Networked Social Movements
  • 2. Issue-oriented Activism
  • 3. Participatory Politics through Participatory

Culture

  • 4. Civic Hacking
  • 5. Hacktivism
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  • 1. Networked Social Movements: Arab Spring

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  • 2. Issue-oriented Activism: Kony 2012

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  • 2. Issue-oriented Activism: Red Equal Sign

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  • 3. Fan Activism: Harry Potter Alliance 


Participatory Politics through Participatory Culture

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In 20 Countries

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  • 3. Political Memes: Anti-Terrorism Memes 


Participatory Politics through Participatory Culture

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#isiskaraoke

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  • 3. Political Memes: Myanmar Memes 


Participatory Politics through Participatory Culture

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  • 4. Civic Hacking: TXTmob

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  • 4. Civic Hacking: Help Map

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  • 5. Hacktivism: Wikileaks & Anonymous

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2010/11 Ops netted arrests in 6 countries

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  • 1. Unclear Impact and Slacker Activism
  • 2. Unprotected Civil Rights and an Unfree Internet
  • 3. Digital Divides
  • 4. Technologies and Communities that Oppress

Challenges for Digital Activism

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Unclear Impact and Slacker Activism

Slacktivism is “feel-good online activism that has zero political or social impact” “Are the publicity gains gained through this greater reliance on new media worth the organizational losses that traditional activists entities are likely to suffer…?” Morozov 2009

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Unprotected Civil Rights and an Unfree Internet

“police and security forces arrested dissidents identified through photos and videos posted on the social media that many imagined had empowered them.” “In late June 2009 the Iranian government was intentionally permitting Internet traffic to and from […] Facebook and Twitter so that it could use a sophisticated practice […] to collect information about users.” Kadivar 2015

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RSF counts 170 netizens imprisoned worldwide in 2015.

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Digital Divides

The Participation Gap: The unequal access to the opportunities, experiences, skills, and knowledge that will prepare youth for full participation in the world of tomorrow. Jenkins et al. 2006

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60% of the world, mostly women & girls, are still excluded from the web World Wide Web Foundation 2015

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Technologies and Communities that Oppress

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Technologies and Communities that Oppress

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“‘Bernie Bros’ is the shorthand for Sanders supporters who swarm Democrats who support Hillary 
 Clinton, particularly women, online.” McMorris-Santoro 2016

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  • 1. Support the growth of a free and open internet
  • 2. Teach digital and civic skills together
  • 3. Fund digital activism impact studies
  • 4. Take the lead and take responsibility: musts for

youth and governments

How can we Support Digital Activism?

  • 1. Support the growth of a free and open internet
  • 2. Teach digital and civic skills together
  • 3. Fund digital activism impact studies
  • 4. Take the lead and take responsibility: musts for

youth and governments

How to Support Youth Digital Activism

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