Title: Social Media as Activism and Social Justice | Maryville Online
Headings: A Guide to Activism in the Digital Age
A Guide to Activism in the Digital Age
How Social Media and Activism Work Together
ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
Arab Spring
Black Lives Matter
#LoveWins
#MeToo
Occupy Wall Street
How Social Media Can Promote Social Justice
Coordinating Community Responses
Platforming Lived Experiences
Promoting and Planning Events
Sharing Pictures and Videos
Signal Boosting
Utilize the College Population
Best Social Media Strategies for Nonprofits
Fundraising
Partnering with Influencers
Promoting Events
Sharing Stories
Spreading Awareness

Content: Each locale of the movement would establish its own set of organizational practices, utilizing virtual as well as concrete spaces, and striving to revise proposals until nine-tenths of the participants approved. The phenomenon created by Occupy Wall Street relied on social media’s ability to foster unified collective participation. How Social Media Can Promote Social Justice
The use of social media to uplift voices and stories, create awareness, and build and strengthen relationships creates a space for organizations, activists, and citizens to demand justice. Coordinating Community Responses
As discovered with movements like #BlackLivesMatter and #MeToo, social media has the opportunity to create online spaces where people come together and find support. Instances such as the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street showcase the global effect that can take place through the sharing of ideas online, such as massive gatherings that create unity for a cause. Platforming Lived Experiences
Many social justice causes work to build equity for minorities and underrepresented individuals and groups within society. The stories and struggles of minorities often aren’t well known or publicized, but social media can provide a platform to amplify and share them with potentially millions of people across the globe. This exposure helps share lived experiences about racial violence, sexual harassment, and other forms of oppression directly from the underrepresented. Promoting and Planning Events
As seen with Occupy Wall Street, the Arab Spring, and the Black Lives Matter movement, social media can create public awareness around issues in the name of social justice. The ability to reach a larger audience by sharing information empowers communities to organize in the real world around a cause.