VIDEO — Online Slacktivism

by Richard Hall
Jan 13, 2016

Neil Sanders returns to continue his rant about social media. Do people behave differently on social media than they would person to person? Has the environment of social media been deliberately designed to encourage the sort of behaviour we see on social media? Is social media a very good way to both contain and monitor all forms of activism? (or should I say slacktivism). Are you a social media slacktivist? With social media becoming more and more popular, especially with the younger generations – have we sleep walked into the mouth of a social engineering monster being ran by the security services? – Neil Sanders gives his views and advice. It seemed that the internet was going to be an information revolution – which it undoubtedly has been for some, but is the internet being used by the majority for their own benefit or their own downfall?

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