Digital Activism: You Are What You Share.

As a concerned citizen, I have been involved in digital activism. I have petitioned and made people aware of the lack of equality the LGBTI community has. I have shared countless petitions and information to make my friends and family aware of some of the injustices of this world. I feel that the people around us need to be aware of what is happening away from what is offered on prime time news because the world is much bigger than what is presented in an hour segment.


There are a few digital activist sites that help to spread awareness for the inequalities of minority groups, animal rights, human rights, and saving the planet. These sites or organisations are Get Up, Change.Org, All Out, PETA, Oscars Law and Marriage equality Australia. 

Marriage equality Australia is set up on Facebook they organise peaceful demonstrations and rallies to allow the LGBTI community a voice. I have signed many of their petitions, attended a few of their rallies and shared many of their posts.

Oscars Law started on Facebook as an organisation to make people aware of the horrendous treatment and care of puppies in the puppy farming industry and do all in their power to spread awareness. Oscars Law have done numerous protests at puppy farms; have set up informative stalls at public events and have raised funds to help stop puppy farmers and to care for seized animals that are malnourished and mistreated and they have organised all of this through the use of social media.

Facebook has 728 million daily active users around the world (Investor Relations 2013). Twitter has 500 million people using the micro-blogging site (Holt 2013). If every, person who uses, social media sites are to engage in digital activism I think that causes would be fought and resolved quickly and beneficially. So, next time one of your friends or family members shares a cause on their Facebook or twitter site, have a think about what it is they are sharing and how it can benefit a minority group, animals/ animal conservation and how it can help the environment. I know that I want to leave a happier and environmentally friendlier place for the next generations to come and I know that this is something that we can all achieve together.

References 

Holt, R. 2013, ‘Twitter in numbers’, The Telegraph, accessed 14 December 2013,

< http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/twitter/9945505/Twitter-in-numbers.html>. 

Investor Relations 2013, ‘Facebook Reports Third Quarter 2013 Results’, accessed 14 December 2013, <investor.fb.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=8027607>.  

Owni.eu 2011, ‘arabbloggersm2.png’ [Image] viewed 17 December 2013,

< http://owni.eu/2011/10/12/bloggers-inspire-change-beyond-arab-spring/>.