How Activists Use Social Media Platforms to Fight Racial Injustices

NMECO1H3: Theory and Practice of New Media
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Part A
Digital society: How Activists use Social Media Platforms to fight Racial Injustices
Racial injustice has a broad history in America, and the persistence and fight for equal human rights for everyone has existed for decades. There is great power in using the internet, and to fight social injustices in American society, I will use internet media. The internet is a great weapon, and it is accessible to everyone despite the location (Oosterlaken, 2012). For instance, after Floyd's death, most people were mobilized by using social media platforms. Social media such as Facebook and Twitter will help deliver the message to the community effectively. Internet is a vehicle aligned with community informatics, and it will help deliver the message to everyone. National Black Justice Coalition is one of the influential activist groups in America vibrant regarding social injustices (Nast, 2015). Mostly, they use the internet to mobilize and pass their agenda to the community.
Facebook has been the primary vehicle to mobilize the people and call for justice for ethnic groups. Many things have changed since the days of Martin Luther Junior (Ovide, 2020). As demonstrations call an end to social injustices, social media provides the best platform to air grievances. Mainly, I will target the young people since they are vigorous and have the energy to run the word to the streets. Secondly, young people have internet access every minute. Finally, the media and agenda will be driven to all the communities despite color and race. The goal is to make known all the dangers of racial injustice to the community.
Part B
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Eubanks, V. (2011). Digital dead end: Fighting for social justice in the information age. London, England: The MIT Press.
The article above provides details about social injustices in the community, their impact, and how to fight them with information. The article reflects on the age of information and the impact of high-end technology in fighting for equal rights for everyone in America despite race, color, or ethnicity. Eubanks reiterates that technology is the only thing that will resolve the issues of inequality in the country. The article uses a combination of books to explain the relation between digital media and freedom. Social media and other internet media such as magazines will create a pathway to deliver the message to everyone. The article will be helpful in the research because it highlights the challenges of technology to the users. However, the author backs the sentiments with hopeful change with high-tech media. It also provides an overview of community informatics in fighting racial injustices.
Rattan A., & Brands R. (2020, July 13). Use your social network as a tool for social justice. Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2020/07/use-your-social-network-as-a-tool-for-social-justice
The article has extensive details backed with examples of how the internet can fight for equal rights for everyone. Additionally, the article provides techniques that can be used to call for justice for all. For example, the article's ...