Comments on: Talking with Steve Paikin about “slacktivism” http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2010/01/26/talking-with-steve-paikin-about-slacktivism/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: bobledrew http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2010/01/26/talking-with-steve-paikin-about-slacktivism/comment-page-1/#comment-377019 bobledrew Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:29:50 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=4978#comment-377019 I run into the "slacktivism" charge all the time, and it's part of a set of criticisms of social media that go along with "why do I care about someone telling me they washed their hair?" The backlash against the Ontario government over changes to driver's licencing alone should have been a message that this sort of networked response to a public issue can (not WILL) move the needle. <br><br>One of the things that makes assessing the impact of groups like CAPP more difficult in the context of more top-down organizing is that there's not the same goal-objectives-tactics-evaluation paradigm because there's no single person. <br><br>There's all kinds of evidence out there; it's just not always as easily visible as CAPP or Haiti. I run into the “slacktivism” charge all the time, and it's part of a set of criticisms of social media that go along with “why do I care about someone telling me they washed their hair?” The backlash against the Ontario government over changes to driver's licencing alone should have been a message that this sort of networked response to a public issue can (not WILL) move the needle.

One of the things that makes assessing the impact of groups like CAPP more difficult in the context of more top-down organizing is that there's not the same goal-objectives-tactics-evaluation paradigm because there's no single person.

There's all kinds of evidence out there; it's just not always as easily visible as CAPP or Haiti.

]]> By: Sam http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2010/01/26/talking-with-steve-paikin-about-slacktivism/comment-page-1/#comment-377001 Sam Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:58:17 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=4978#comment-377001 I think facebook definately has the potential to initiate grassroots movements, wheather they be political or otherwise. If you have enough people who are passionate about something, they will find a way to get together and make a statement. I think facebook definately has the potential to initiate grassroots movements, wheather they be political or otherwise. If you have enough people who are passionate about something, they will find a way to get together and make a statement.

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