Lecture 13Outline of Last Lecture I. Online CollaborationOutline of Current Lecture II. #BlackLivesMattera. Citizen Protest vs. Non Citizenship Protestb. What Social Media does and doesn’t do for protestsCurrent LectureII. #BlackLivesMatter- This is a movement that is growing popularity within societies and over social media andit is primarily concerned with police brutality and racism against those that are black.o Race is going to be a more competing factor within communities that are primarily blacko With this movement, such communities feel that if the police are meant to protect us then why are they equipped with military and other heavy weaponry?- We are going to explore this movement in order to understand the role that social mediacan play in protests and large social movements.- With protests, there comes many costs that are at hand for those involved including getting arrested, hurt, etc. Therefore, it is common that people will cheer on from the outside and not actually be apart of the crowd who is making the movement a real moment. o You may support the protests, but you choose not to protest because of the costs and hope that someone else will do it for you enjoy the benefits without paying for the costs.The question remains: How do you make people motivated and willing to be involved in problems? Why does it tend to be so hard?a) Citizen Protests vs. Non-Citizenship Protests- Citizen Protest: These protests involve individuals that feel the government does not treat them as actual citizens of America and they fear that the police are out to get them. They protest to demand their rights because they believe that they are citizens and therefore deserve the same rights as everyone else that is considered to be a citizen. fighting for basic rightsThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute. ESOC 150 1st Edition- Non-Citizenship Protest: These protests involve individuals that are citizens, but are protesting against aspects of their citizenship that they believe to be problematic andimportant to adjust. It is important to note that individuals in these protests do not believe that the police are after them and are not demanding fundamental rights. trying to change something about the government b) What social media does and doesn’t do for protestsThe below information is according to the book, Tweets and the Streets- What social media DOES do:o Enable leaderless, horizontal, spontaneous protesto Important ideas:Networks without centers: Everyone is viewed as equal and to have an equal contribution within the protest- it looses collaborative connections and strong direct since there is no real leader or head group to make important decisions.Swarm: The idea of a protest is to get people out onto the streets to share and influence views, not swarm the streetscausing chaos. o The criticisms against what social media can do:It can ignore the leaders of a movement, which leads to informal hierarchy It can ignore the important of place- in other words where the protest takes place is going to have an important influence on how effective the protest is.- What social media DOES NOT do:o Enables the “choreographer of assembly”, allowing for construction of narrative and meaning in addition to coordinationo Important ideas:Scene-setting: Significance of place of where the meeting is occurring and allows for the mood and scene of the protest to be established.Scripting: Although each person is an individual, there is still an overall script of what is going to be said/done at the protest. This provides gracefulness and togetherness rather thanspontaneous chaos during the protestQuestions that should be considered when considering a protest:1. For anyone, who are the choreographers?2. Where are we in the dance? Initiation or sustained?Other important vocabulary to note:- Slacktivism: On social media, it is merely too easy to just post something or “like” a comment about a movement/protest to obtain the “feel good” emotions that come from it. Such posts without real action have minimal impact on the movement- Surveillance: Organizers of a protest can also be watched- individuals of a protest are not the only ones that are going to be watched by the government, the main organization and leaders can as well.- Propaganda: Social media is not going to be the place for intelligent discourse aboutthe protest or movement; instead a sort of propaganda approach is taken. This propaganda leads to very little engagement among those that share the same viewsand feelings and it doesn’t allow for people to really think about what it is like to getinvolve in the real ramifications of the
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