Results 211 to 220 of about 1,015,573 (261)

Using social media for social activism

Proceedings of the 16th ACM international conference on Supporting group work - GROUP '10, 2010
This paper uses qualitative research methods to analyze how members of the Seattle chapter of a social activist group, Asha for Education, use social media, such as Yahoo! Groups, Microsoft distribution lists, and Facebook to coordinate their organizational activities, fundraise, and build and strengthen community.
Pausali Sen, Irini Spyridakis, Silvia Amtmann, Charlotte P. Lee   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

Social Activism in the ‘Blackosphere’

2010
Using Denning’s model of Internet activism as a sensitizing framework, this chapter describes the manner in which Black bloggers (referred to as the ‘Blackosphere’) express and negotiate their ethnic identity online. We analyze discussions in the Blackosphere in response to the Jena 6 case to illustrate how the Internet has empowered Black people ...
Lynette Kvasny, Fay Cobb Payton, Kayla D. Hales   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Social Movements and Global Activism

2005
Insights into the role of communication media in global activism. Stammers and Eschle make an important contribution by clarifying the terminology whereby social movements and global activism are described.
Stammers, Neil, Eschle, Catherine
openaire   +2 more sources

Physicians and obligatory social activism

The Journal of Medical Humanities and Bioethics, 1988
This essay examines the claim that physicians have a special obligation to engage in social and political activism. Four ethical paradigms are considered. Two paradigms, the preventive medicine and the social medicine models, embody a limited professional obligation to advocate the priority of health in society; the justification for a more ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Social Activism

2023
  +5 more sources

Reflections on Social Activism in Otolaryngology

Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, 2013
What is “social activism” to you? For older otolaryngologists, the term is likely to signify the tumult of the 1960s. For incoming generations, this connotation is outdated. Rather, it more broadly reflects concerted efforts to improve the public good. Some ally with existing institutions to work toward incremental progress.
openaire   +2 more sources