Unit
Details: Activism
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Key concept
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Related concept(s)
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Global context
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Communication
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Adaptation/ Innovation
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Fairness and Development
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Statement of inquiry
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Adaptation
and innovation in communication contributes fair treatment and development
within communities.
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Inquiry questions
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Factual — What are the impacts
of the different communication systems/tools?
Conceptual— How do communities express themselves
using digital tools?
Debatable —To what extent have digital communication
tools enhanced fairness?
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Work on the tasks in Pairs
Activity one
An international
training institute to teach online tactics for human rights campaigners is
being set up in the Italian city of Florence.
The first
students, starting in the New Year, will be drawn from human rights activists
around the world - with the aim of arming them with the latest tools for
digital dissent.
a)
i)
Name FOUR of the online tools that you
think the students will be trained to use for digital dissent or activism.
ii)
Name
TWO ways that governments can use to
control access by human rights activists to the online tools.
iii)
Describe in detail how TWO of the tools can be used by the human rights activist for human
rights abuse campaign.
Activity two
Read current
article titled,” In Hong Kong’s
protests, technology is a battlefield” in
You can also read
the article titled, “Hong Kong
protesters in cyberwar” in http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/03/opinion/yang-hong-kong/index.html
And respond to the
following questions
a)
Why
are the university students protesting in Hong Kong?
b)
What
digital tools are being used in this protest?
c)
“Facebook
didn’t solve everything in the Arab Spring protests and hashtag activism is all
too often a feel-good exercise with limited, or no, results.” This is according to Lokman Tsui, a professor
at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Support
or disagree with the above statement with some evidence from research.
d)
What
is the difference between Hong Kong and main land China is terms of the use of
technological tools?
Name
the different digital tools not permitted to be used in main China and give
reasons why? support evidence.
e)
Do
you think the protestors will succeed in their protest using digital tools?
Why?
f)
What
action do you think Main land China will take or has already taken in response
to the protest in terms of technology? Support with evidence from other
examples.
g)
What
lessons can we learn from the use of digital technology in this protest?
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