Slacktivism Samenvattingen, Aantekeningen en Examens

Sociology degree seminar notes for the module Making Sense of Society. The topics covered in this particular seminar: Activism, Transformative Sociology, Slacktivism, Why is it the case that we don’t see sociologists in interviews? Do you think that social scientists should be in the news more? Which areas would you like to see social scientists’ opinions on most? Which audience do you think sociology is primarily aimed at? What’s the danger in sociological research that is written only ...

The world is now waking up to the scenario of heightened social interaction powered by a breakthrough in technology that has seen the emergence of social media platforms. On these platforms are classes of people identified as slacktivists who basically contribute to various issues by either sharing information already available to the users; they do this by hitting the ‘like’ or ‘share’ buttons or by retweeting posts

In-depth concise resume of the assigned texts for Analysing Digital culture. Week one: Stevenson, From Hypertext to Hype and Back Again: Exploring the Roots of Social Media in Early Web Culture. Gladwell, Small change. Clay Shirky, The political power of social media.

In-depth, concise summary of the assigned texts for Analysing Digital Culture, Week 1. The format followed to summarise is the one suggested during the seminars. Texts: Michael Stevenson, From Hypertext to Hype and Back Again: Exploring the Roots of Social Media in Early Web Culture. Malcom Gladwell, Small change. Shirky, The political power of social media.

Article summary of Kristofferson, K., K. White, and J. Peloza (2014) - The Nature of Slaktivism