Week 10 blog post

The reading by Madison and Klang “The Case for Digital Activism” takes the space that plays a much more important role in activism than those who call online activism “Slacktivism” or not real activism can admit. It allows for much broader and faster communication to much bigger groups and audiences, particularly when they start trending or are at the right time. Awareness and information dissemination is also often overlooked when it comes to activism. The internet allows for thousands of people to consume information, particularly time sensitive information, and inform people about issues they wouldn’t be exposed to otherwise. This is much the case for the disabled rights movement, which historically hasn’t always been able to muster the numbers or attention that it needs. Social media and online activism allow the movement to reach a much larger audience and raise awareness about disabled rights and issues. Before the advent of the internet, it hardly occurred to abled people that disabled rights needed improvement unless they interacted with disabled people themselves (and even then it wasn’t very likely). The internet provides a much needed platform for disabled activists and movements to get their voices heard, just as Madison and Klang argue in their piece.