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Lesson 1: Overview of Civic Activities in the Digital Space

In the first session of the Technology and Civil Organizing course, basic concepts in civic activism, government, citizens, and activities directed at change are examined with examples of civic activities organized in the absence of the World Wide Web. This session covers issues facing civic mobilization before the advent of the Internet, the strategies used by governments or institutions in power to prevent widespread civil protests, and civic activism on the eve of the emergence of the World Wide Web in the early 1990s. It also provides an overview of the 20-year history of the Internet and civic activism all over the world.

In the first session of the Technology and Civil Organizing course, basic concepts in civic activism,...
This session explores the nature and performance of technology-based campaigns. Concepts such as hacking,...
This session examines the digital environment for civic activism in democratic countries, countries in...
In this session, the use of digital tools in Venezuela’s “SOS Venezuela” is explored. Other examples...
This session reviews the protests and civil unrest in Ukraine’s Euromaidan movement and its demands for...
This session discusses topics including conflicts between governments and civic activists, competition...
In this session, Nima Rashedan provides a summary of the lessons on digital safety for civic activists,...
In this session, recently developed tools such as the Cloud, Big Data, and common tools for activists...

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2013

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