Digital Activism Final Project (200 pts) - choose an issue that you feel passionate about, and create a digital activism campaign that uses digital communications platforms to raise awareness, organize community voices and/or mobilize action around the issue. Think about: the social capital of the way you use digital platforms; how your digital campaign may translate to on-the-ground change; how to use media to add a new voice to the mix, or amplify voices/perspectives that have been previously silenced.
- In-Class Presentation (50 pts): 5 min on: your issue’s background, your campaign creation process, evidenced and foreseen impacts of your campaign
- Final Paper (75 pts): 1000-1500 words on:
your issue’s background
why you chose it
historical/cultural/political factors shaping its current implications
previous digital campaigns relating to it
your campaign creation process
what is your unique perspective
how is your campaign unique/different from other similar campaigns
what platforms did you use and why
challenges/successes in the campaign's creation
evidenced and foreseen impacts of your campaign
what is the social capital of the way you used digital platforms
what are the markers of evaluation for success
what has happened so far in the digital public’s response
what is the potential for growth
theoretical/conceptual connections from classwhat are class concepts that you thought about/integrated
how does your topic/campaign relate to TD v SC debate
how has this project changed/reinforced your position in the TD v SC debate - Campaign “Materials”/Digital Artifacts (75 pts):
- Due on our Final day - 3.23.15, 2pm
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