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Clicktivism: A Model For 21st Century Activism?

Cerian Jenkins | Posted 30.01.2013 | UK Universities & Education
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Cerian Jenkins

A war is being fought. Its battlefields are the pages of social networking sites across the globe, and its soldiers are armed with placards and computer cursors. This is the battle of traditional activism versus clicktivism

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A Branson Pickle - Can Online Petitions Shape Democracy?

John Coventry | Posted 30.10.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: UK Government, Politics, Socia Media, Bbc, Activism, 38 Degrees, UK Politics, Online Campaigning, Richard Branson, Petition, Atos, change.org, UK Politics News
John Coventry

Signing a petition is not a silver bullet for challenging those in power. But building movements of people is certainly a huge part of it. And what's even more important at a time when people are almost entirely sceptical of politics and politicians, is that it's putting power in the hands of the people - and that's what real change is all about.

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Labour's Quiet Digital Revolution

Alex Smith | Posted 03.01.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Politics, Tom Watson, Tories, Ed Miliband, Conservatives, UK Politics, Labour Party, E-Campaigners, Online Campaigning, Online Communications, Labour, UK Politics News
Alex Smith

At long last, then, the Labour Party is showing signs that it can get it right online. They will need to. A friend close to Tory Towers at Millbank told me earlier this year that tech-savvy Conservatives are "under the hood, developing big new ideas that could shape the next election".

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