In this reading from Poell and Van Dijck, they discuss the use of social media platforms in activism and protest mobilization. They...

The reading from Jackson talks about the rise of online activism and activist strategies online since we live in a digital age where...

The reading Activist Genre Knowledge by Nish takes a look at genre knowledge and the idea of uptake. The concept of uptake spreads genre...

The reading by Madison and Klang “The Case for Digital Activism” takes the space that plays a much more important role in activism than...

The following writings are blog posts that I had missed, so let's get to it!

For weeks 12-13, we read a chapter written by Jennifer Nish regarding genre knowledge, uptake, and circulation literacies. There are an...

Week 7’s readings comprised of two chapters from the book Autistic Community and the Neurodiversity Movement, edited by Steven K. Knapp:...

Movement syllabi, a concept first introduced to me by the Bivens, et al. reading, really translates to a crash course on a particular...

Pearson and Trevisan note in the reading that an issue of credibility hinders the progress of activists using online media platforms....

It is hard to see how much happens before a computer screen in private homes. The idea that nothing happens unless it is witnessed by...

The Barbara Smith interview exemplifies historical background and its key role in present activist movements. For instance, initial...

The reading for this week gives a background for activist movements and the author, Laura Tisoncik’s own experience with activism prior...

he Pearson article is said to examine the changing nature of divisibility activism through the influence of social media. One of the...

As far as #ChallengeAccepted I honestly think now after reading this that activism simply exists on a spectrum especially as it...

This week’s reading talks about Sticky Uptakes and counter uptakes, and the nomenclature for this phenomenon does not signal the meaning...

This piece by Miller, Devitt, and Gallagher covers this idea of genre being multimodal, and how categorization of semiotic modes across...

The Case for Digital Activism by Madison and Klang challenges this notion of ‘slacktivism’ being a lazy form of activism, while...

The reading these weeks was a chapter of a book written by Jennifer Nish. It concerned genres, a topic previously explored in readings,...

One of the most interesting parts of Pearson and Trevisan's article "Disability activism in the new media ecology: Campaigning strategies...

In class, we really focused on uptakes, and counter uptakes, so I am going to stick with the theme. In the reading, uptakes were pretty...