Examples Of Social Activism

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Social Activism vs Activism
As years pass by a new issue occurs in our world, whether it is a political problem, economic, or others they grow day by day. Protest and petitions happen one day after the other, it is what our world has been and has come to. Severe changes in today's society have occurred, before people would make a group and physically go to the location of protest and fight for their rights together. Technology is the cause of the dramatic changes in society, with the many social media sites there are making it easier for one to communicate through a screen. Now a day people can just post an event on Facebook to let everyone know when there will be an event and allows you to choose if you will attend it. It makes it easier for …show more content…

I agree with his point of view, social media has made people shut
Matias 2 themselves out of the real world, hid behind a screen, and not physically fight for their rights with motivation.
There are different viewings of what activism is, Gladwell shows his viewing of social media activism, which is internet activism not being as efficient as in person. Online many people can have “friends”, they add people who they will never speak to in person. Therefore, when it comes to working together for an important cause they are not willing to do it because they do not have some type of connection with them. According to Gladwell, “Facebook activism succeeds not by motivating people to make a real sacrifice but by motivating them to do the things that people do when they are not motivated enough to make a real sacrifice” (Gladwell
408). In making this comment, Gladwell urges us to realize that social media activism promotes participation from many people but it lacks actual motivation to create a change. Although, some may strongly believe that activism that occurs online is as effective as doing it in person, this …show more content…

Throughout his article he talks about “weak-ties” and “strong-ties”. Gladwell describes the “weak-ties” as those people who just participate online because the issue that is current might not be something they can relate to therefore, it is not significant enough for them to fight for.
When talking about the “strong-ties” it seems like he is referring to those who are motivated to make a change and influence society. Those who are motivated might be close to someone who is going through a tough situation like for example, DACA being removed. If a person has a friend that is part of DACA they might be willing to go out and be in the protest, to fight for their friend's rights. Overall, I agree with this side of Gladwell’s point of view because now a day everything is easy to do with a click of a button but, it makes it harder for people to go out into the real world to speak out their thoughts and opinions. This way of activism makes people lack
Matias 3 the motivation they need to make a real sacrifice. Social activism is not as impactful as it is to take the initiative to start a change in the world no matter the

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