Tech and Social Media as a tool for mass mobalization Abstract: This paper seeks to explain the role of technology in the context of social media in organizing mass movements and effecting political change through various examples. Firstly I analysed the rise of social media and the roles played by major modes of social media in uprisings. Then we see how social media is employed for campaigning various causes. I have also tried to understand the role of social media in spreading fake news and
The Federalists Papers were a set of eighty five essays written by Alexander Hamiltonian, John Jay, and James Madison describing their opinions on the political philosophy of the newly created United States Constitution (Roark, 2014). Known as one of the United States Founding Fathers, Alexander Hamilton was the first secretary of treasury and played a large role in creating the Constitution (“Alexander Hamilton Biography”, n.d.). The Federalist Paper No. 68 titled The Mode of Electing the President
persuade his advisors that it was a good idea. It was a huge move on paper as it aimed to change the traditional order in Russian society. In addition, Alexander II also brought in other reforms such as juries for all trials, allowing lectures of European government in universities and establishing the ‘zemstva’ in 1864. He was even considering further political reform that would have allowed some modest popular involvement in the political process but was killed before the reforms could be finalised. He
own intelligence and that of others, of a considerable ability to read and understand technical papers in a room alone and wrote by hand on a yellow notepad his great speeches, he impressed the staff with his ability to impartially evaluate the pros and cons of an issue that, to the head of US Federal Reserve, in the opinion of Arthur Burns, whom he appointed, could have "held down a chair in political
has grown to increase the difficulty for the government to compromise thus, making it necessary to look for solutions that can decrease polarization or its impact. Political polarization refers to the defined opposite ideologies between liberal and conservative views leading to different stances on a given issue, policy, or political candidate. In recent decades, polarization has occurred among the elites and the mass public; however, the elites, or the Congress, are more polarized than the mass
presence of ISIS which can not be understimated in the global arena. Terrorism has created much scarcity in each of the hearts and minds of people. Terrorism as defines in the UK Prevention of Terrorism Act 1976, s.14 which is ‘the use of violence for political ends [including] any use of violence for the purpose of putting the public or any section of the public fear’. The action of terrorism can be said success if the citizens, government, and others who set as the subjects of the terrorism action feel
relate to it. Moreover, in agreement to Gellner he stresses the element of artifact, invention and social engineering which enters into the making of nations. He says that 'Nations as a natural, God-given way of classifying men, as an inherent ... political destiny, are a myth; nationalism, which sometimes takes preexisting cultures and turns them into nations, sometimes invents them, and often obliterates preexisting cultures: that is a reality.' In short, he therefore contends that nationalism comes
even though feminist organisations have been campaigning on this issue decades before. It took the lobbying of these separatist feminist groups and organisations to garner nation and global mainstream for these issues to become a human right’s issue. An issue that continues to plague countries around the world and, particularly Canada. Violence against women is a human rights and societal issue that affects Canadians and Canada at large in political, social and economic areas. As violence against
counterculture movement of the 1960s and ‘70s, youth culture was marked with a period that championed the principles of liberation and forming a community of “the people”: all people regardless of race, religion, or gender. These social movements altered the political, social, and economic aspects of American life in order to bring about equality for all in the face of injustice. Although women were granted the right to
Also, the Court would become even more polarized, as candidates for President would increase the focus of their campaigns on the Supreme Court, opening the door to the influence of special interest. Many political scientists, such as David Kuhn of New Republic cite the increase in polarization as a reason for enacting a drastic change to the makeup and composition of the Supreme Court. Proponents of these changes want to enact term limits for all Supreme Court