Students might want to be aware of online organisations such as 38 Degrees as this digital platform is aimed at bringing like-minded groups together to take action on issues that they feel are important. This is evidence of digital media's ability to organise protest and challenge mainstream political views. We have discussed how social media sites such as Facebook have allowed groups to organise various forms of protest linked to a series of social and political issues and here is an example of an online site dedicated to organising people and inspiring them to 'act together to bring about an avalanche of change.'
In a recent edition of BBC's NEWSNIGHT it was suggested that people/voters are becoming disillusioned with mainstream politics - the voter turn-out for local and national elections is appalling- and instead are turning to online protest sites such as this to challenge/support political issues. Not sure how valid this view is but it is an interesting debate and one that relates to Media and Democracy.
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