All posts by Midnightschildren

New: Quickie Activism Websites

 

The pace of protest in Trump’s America is a bad case of whiplash. Activism-fatigue is all too real. Many of us don’t want to keep up with the latest happenings because we can’t get through a news feed without finding something we need to to try to stop. 

When you have too, but you just can’t; we’re introducing a service just for these special times to produce hyper-speed activism websites in just a few days with the basic components: sign up forms, petitions, targeted action alerts, SSL certificates, and social media tie-ins.  

This frees up activists and organizers to go out and talk to people instead of huddling up in front of computers, while making a campaign digitally viable in real time. 

Websites with the basic components and up to 8 pages of background material including sign-up forms, event calender, one petition and/or targeted action alert, in https protocol, and linked to up to 5 social media accounts can be live as quickly as within 72 hours of request. 

$1,500 for site generation + domain/server/SSL fees at cost. 

Because Media Alliance is a mission-based organization, this service is only available for campaigns and efforts that are congruent with our organizational goals and values.

Digital Culture Shift Report

 

As activism for police accountability, fair wages, just immigration, and more takes center stage — social justice movements of the 21st century are using technology to achieve greater scale and reach wider audiences. But are these digital strategies building power for long-term social change, or helping maintain the status quo?

A  report from the Center for Media Justice says the answer depends on the strategy — and offers new approaches and recommendations, from a diverse cross-section of leaders, for building effective social movements in an age of big data and digital technology.

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Artificial Scarcity: How Data Caps Harm Consumers and Innovation

 

New America’s Open Technology Institute released this  report examining the use of data caps on wired and mobile broadband service in the United States. The report analyzes the financial incentives that major Internet service providers have to implement these usage limits and research that demonstrates the behavioral effect of these policies on consumers.

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