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Web 2.0 Effect on Society’s Engagement with Activism
Communities and Web 2.0

Web 2.0 Effect on Society’s Engagement with Activism

AMcAuliffe45 Comments

Alice McAuliffe Abstract This paper explores the ways in which Web 2.0 has modernized how society fights for social justice and engages with activism. Through the exploration of the key components of activism: community, communication, collaboration, organisation, and participation, it is noted how Web 2.0 tools and platforms have individually affected each component. Keywords: Web… Continue reading Web 2.0 Effect on Society’s Engagement with Activism

Communities and Web 2.0

Active Now: How Web 2.0 Allows for the Formation of Online Communities Capable of Initiating Change through Activism

DRonaldson29 Comments

ABSTRACT This multifaceted paper explores how Web 2.0 creates an online environment where individuals can engage in discussion about issues facing society, which in turn promotes the development of online communities around a shared interest or goal. This paper will then argue that by utilising the affordances of social network sites Facebook and Twitter, these… Continue reading Active Now: How Web 2.0 Allows for the Formation of Online Communities Capable of Initiating Change through Activism