" Media activism is a broad category of activism that utilizes media and communication technologies for social and political movements. Methods of media activism include publishing news on websites, creating video and audio investigations, spreading information about protests, and organizing campaigns relating to media and communications policies.
Media activism can be used for many different purposes. It is often employed by grassroots activists and anarchists to spread information not available via mainstream media or to share censored news stories. Certain forms of politically motivated hacking and net-based campaigns are also considered media activism. Often, the focus of media activism is to change policies relating to media and communications.
Social media is often used as a form of media activism. Because of the interactive features and widespread use of social media, it is able to quickly disseminate information and rally supporters.Platforms like Facebook and Twitter can reach a much larger audience than traditional media. Although often only a small percentage of people who express interest in a cause online are willing to commit to offline action, social media interaction is viewed as "the first step in a ladder of engagement."
Culture jamming, another form of media activism, is a subversive strategy of protest that re-appropriates the tropes of mainstream media "in order to take advantage of the resources and venues they afford." "
This is quoted from Wikipedia, although the source can never be too reliable, it gives a good overall portrayal of 'media activism' an area of activism I am most interested in.
Hacktivism is probably the best known form of media activism, related to groups such as Cult of the Dead Cow, formerly Omega, and the most notorious Anonymous.
In the eyes of some hacktivists, the work they take out is for the greater good and other would disagree and say that their intentions were simply to destroy things.
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