Talk:Internet activism

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March 2017
I plan to add an "Ethical Issues" or "Ethical Considerations" section to this article in the near future. It will focus on ethical issues of the effectiveness of online activism and also on the process of online activism. Amyer23 (talk) 15:33, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

February 2008
I was actually confused by the talk page on this article. It contained a couple of comments about what is needed in the article. However, for the most part, it seemed full of opinion and bias in addition to random statements of which I do not understand their relevance or appropriate place within this article. Part of the talk page reads like a complaint and a debate on the topic. I also do not understand why the e-activism information was taken down because it seems unbiased and relevant to this article. It was the precursor to this article and contains relevant and meaningful information. For example, under the e-activism in the talk page, there is information on Care2, a highly utilized website in internet activism but it is mentioned nowhere on the article page. I'm very new to Wikipedia, so I do not fully understand if I'm misunderstanding or it is an issue.Amyer23 (talk) 23:37, 13 February 2017 (UTC)Amyer23 (talk) 23:38, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

The problem you are talking about is called the digital divide, or more generally, access barriers. If you want to debate it, you should probably go to the talk page about it.

I am currently trying to edit content for style and grammar, and add sources. Because some of the content is "true but unsourced," I have been trying to add sources for unsourced statements. I changed focus of the "Growth" section and changed its title accordingly, and added the "Types" section.

I looked at the "Internet resistance" page, and due to its style and lack of sources, I am considering deleting it rather than merging it. Someone may want to add a section to Internet Activism that discusses the characteristics of the Internet as conducive to resistance, similar to the section "The Internet as a Site of Resistance."

Forcsc300 (talk) 19:45, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

There has been a battle in cyberspace over the years to clear out some of the fascist sites and to stop people from using the internet to promote race hatred.

This has been perceived and presented as an attack on freedom of speech but the contrary argument has been that members of racial minorities have a right to live their lives without fear and intimidation and using the internet to attack them is no different from using a biro and the lavatory wall - it needs to be cleaned off.

Fascist organisations have also published the names and addresses of "targets" who have subsequently had their property attacked and been subject to abuse and physical attack.

The abuse and threats have also been directed against socialists, gay people and disabled people

How one can criticize some activity just "because poor people, minorities and elderly citizens either lack access or are inexperienced in the new technologies"?

This is absolutely ridiculous. People are different.

-- Hey, I've just created a perpetual motion machine!

-- Well, we gotta have to destroy it.

-- Why?!

-- Because poor people, minorities and elderly citizens either lack access or are inexperienced in the new technologies.

Local?
"As a local example, in 1996, volunteers opposing the commercial aviation conversion of the former Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro in Orange County, CA"

So you are aware this is not exclusively an American site yes? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Iam jesse (talk • contribs) 07:42, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Rescued text from E-Activision
Nothing looks worth saving to me, but in case anyone disagrees, here is the text from the former article E-Activism:


 * ''Stands for electronic activism, it is a form of social campaigning on the internet for causes. It involves petitioning the government and organizations about many issues and it is a vehicle for an advocacy of positive change. Charities, activists, campaigners and everyday usually a-political people use the internet to raise awareness of many important issues and to pass on email petitions for people to sign, showing their support for a cause.


 * E-Activism can be a powerful tool since no organizations are needed to promote any global or local cause. Any idea or concept reaches its natural dimension in relationship with the interest that it has created among internet users.


 * Many human rights organizations now take advantage of the internet and emailing system to spread the word about their causes. Amnesty International, Oxfam, The One Campaign, Control Arms are the major players in encouraging e-activism amongst their supporters.


 * Care2 on http://www.care2.com/, is a website dedicated to e-activism and invites people to create their own e-petitions or to pick from hundreds of thousands of causes to support.


 * Social-networking sites are catching on to this electronic activism, Myspace's E-Activism page is http://www.myspace.com/reachoutbabes.

Bongomatic (talk) 10:56, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Wiki Blackout
This page doesn't have the sopa blackouts listed, even though they are an obvious example. I understand that the blackout was only two days ago, but would someone please add them? I will be adding a link about this to the "see also" section of the actual article.Gniob (talk) 22:34, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

The phenomenon as a whole
I've started a section on the Internet Talk page bringing up the overall phenomenon at work here. Maybe you guys or anyone could comment on it and discuss the phenomenon? - M0rphzone (talk) 06:14, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Neurodiversity
Neurodiversity/Autism rights movement is a great example of Internet activism. Such activism most likely would never have even EXISTED if not for the Internet. Autistics generally prefer the Internet, and have utilized this medium in order to speak for themselves and stand up for their right to exist as they are without forced therapies and "cures," declaring Autism to be a difference, rather than a disorder. Being Autistic is who we are, rather than just something we *have.* I think the movement is worthy of mention within the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.70.193.208 (talk) 03:21, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

Internet-based activism versus Internet-related activism
At Category:Internet activism makes the insightful distinction between "Internet-based activism" and "Internet-related activism". The difference is that "Internet-based activism" is media activism using Internet tools, whereas "Internet-related activism" is any kind of activism targeting the nature of the Internet itself or digital rights.

Right now, this article is mostly about "Internet-based activism", but some of talk here is conflated with "Internet-related activism". More clarity might be useful both for the sake of this article and other articles which refer to one of these but not the other. I think that this article, "Internet activism", should be about "activism using Internet tools".  Blue Rasberry  (talk)  18:08, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

In terms of "Internet-based activism," I am interested in contributing material that ties into the topic of presidential campaigns. General Wesley Clark ran for president almost 20 years ago, and there's more recent literature regarding social media activism and grassroots political campaigns.  (Narmstrong1010 (talk) 06:47, 19 September 2021 (UTC))

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Changes to be added
I plan to add a section under "possibilities of internet activism" about Sexual Assault Activism, to add information about the #notguilty and #metoo movement. SierraMichelle (talk) 03:32, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Changes Added
Hello, I have added my addition to the article, please review and give me tips. As this is my first real edit to an article, I would love as much feedback as possible. SierraMichelle (talk) 01:32, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

Bad Edits
Whoever added that ton of info on #metoo should really think about how important it is to actually include that much info. I will defend my removal of that section. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.59.120.66 (talk) 14:35, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Editing proposal
Hello, I'm planning to work on this article. I would like to change a bit of the structure of the page in order to make the article more clear and structured. Furthermore, I'll expand the section 'critiques' by adding more perspectives from for example Morozov, Gladwell and Gunitsky. Also, I'll take a look at information that might be unnecessary and add information about the possibilities of internet activism and the different types. Ekara1 (talk) 09:17, 26 April 2019 (UTC)
 * I have reverted major edits to this page made recently as many of the edits require additional citation. A variety of typos were introduced as well. I recommend more attention to detail, especially if major edits are going to be made. Best, --Jaobar (talk) 03:53, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

Not the same as Hacktivism?
I have removed from the lead the claim that Hacktivism is just another term for Internet activism. If this is true, them we should start a merge discussion for Hacktivism and this article, but I think Hacktivism is a sub-type of Internet activism that involves hacking. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 07:50, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

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Use in Political Campaigns
Added sub-headings - 2004 and 2008 presidential campaigns, and contributed specific incident in 2008 campaign. Plan to added information regarding the 2016 presidential campaign. Narmstrong1010 (talk) 05:00, 9 October 2021 (UTC)

Expanded on 2008 campaign and added 2016 campaign subheading and information. Narmstrong1010 Narmstrong1010 (talk) 04:35, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

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