Social Movements and Social Change

Choose a historical or contemporary social movement (e.g., the American Civil Rights Movement, the Women’s Movement, the Environmental Movement, etc.) and describe the accomplishments/impacts.

Readings:

“Culture Jams and Meme Warfare: Kalle Lasn, Adbusters and Media Activism: Tactics in Global Activism for the 21st Century” 2002, by Wendi Pickerel, Helena Jorgensen, and Lance Bennet.

Also available at: http://depts.washington.edu/ccce/assets/documents/pdf/culturejamsandmemewarfare.pdf

Synopsis: Updates and simplifies Lasn’s 1999 Culture Jam

• SocMove_culturejamsandmemewarfare.pdf

“@ctivism:How technology affords new forms of mobilization, tactics, and movements #DigitallyEnabledSocialChange” by Paul-Brian Mcinerney, November 20, 2011.

Available at: http://mobilizingideas.wordpress.com/2011/11/20/ctivism-how-technology-affords-new-forms-of-mobilization-tactics-and-movements-digitallyenabledsocialchange/ site.S

Synopsis: Blog post that outlines the arguments of Earl and Kimport about the role of internet technologies on activism.