Sunday, May 1, 2016

Online Activism

In order to under online activism within policing we must first know what activism means. Activism by definition means the intentional action to bring about social and political change. This is similar to advocacy or speaking on behalf of groups usually in relation to legislative change. There are many different forms of activism. The one I would like to discuss is online activism. Online is any thing that can be reposting or a call to action.

Black Lives Matter is an online activism for specifically the black community. This was brought about mainly because many black people had their lives taken from them due to police brutality. This movement started because they did not believe that blacks were getting the right representation in the media when this stuff was happening. They believed that they needed more attention to black people because they were being killed by guns or being found as missing or dead within prison walls. They felt like they needed this to be publicized and put themselves out there so that people are more aware of this issue.

They do this because they would like to do an action in order to bring around social and political change. They want people to be more aware of this issue and then do something to promote change.