Information activism¶
Tactical Technology Collective has proposed a definition of information activism as "the strategic and deliberate use of information within a campaign" which specifically refers to the use of publicly available information in activist projects.
Core Idea¶
Information activism is treated here as the recurring media studies identity summarized by this source-grounded definition: Tactical Technology Collective has proposed a definition of information activism as "the strategic and deliberate use of information within a campaign" which specifically refers to the use of publicly available information in activist projects. Information activism at libraries and among librarians began in the 1960s, when many libraries advocated for the information rights of their clients. Their activism projects thereafter extended beyond library walls to advocate for issues such as tenancy and labour rights.
Scope of Application¶
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In activist projects. Their two 10 Tactics campaigns are both a film and a project which aims to link the ways in which information and information technologies have been used in social movements.
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In activist projects. In particular, information is used to "monitor the state, corporations, and powerful social institutions," hold them accountable, and promote local and global activism.
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Documented setting. Information activism can take on many different forms and be used in many different fields including in librarianship, in archiving, and in activist projects.
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In librarianship. Carla Hayden was quoted describing librarians of today as people "who are activists, engaged in the social work aspect of librarianship ...
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Library Juice Press. Library Juice Press is a publisher that specializes in theoretical and practical issues in librarianship from a critical perspective, for an audience of professional librarians and students of library science.
Clarity¶
A clear use of Information activism names the carrier, the operative relation, and the conditions under which the source treats the identity as present. The minimal definition is Tactical Technology Collective has proposed a definition of information activism as "the strategic and deliberate use of information within a campaign" which specifically refers to the use of publicly available information in activist projects.
Manages Complexity¶
Information activism compresses multiple media studies details into a stable diagnostic relation. The source shows both the central mechanism—their collection includes books, prints, music, moving images, and ephemera that were produced by various social movements.—and the practical consequence—library Juice Press is a publisher that specializes in theoretical and practical issues in librarianship from a critical perspective, for an audience of professional librarians and students of library science.
Abstract Reasoning¶
- Type the carrier. Identify the media studies entities to which the claim applies.
- State the relation. Use the source-grounded identity: Tactical Technology Collective has proposed a definition of information activism as "the strategic and deliberate use of information within a campaign" which specifically refers to the use of publicly available information in activist projects.
- Check operation and conditions.
Knowledge Transfer¶
Within the home domain. Knowledge about Information activism transfers literally when a new case preserves the same carrier type, relation, and recognition test. Their two 10 Tactics campaigns are both a film and a project which aims to link the ways in which information and information technologies have been used in social movements. In particular, information is used to "monitor the state, corporations, and powerful social institutions," hold them accountable, and promote local and global activism. Beyond the home domain. No canonical parent is asserted for Information activism.
Neighborhood in Abstraction Space¶
Information activism sits in a sparse region of the domain-specific corpus (83rd percentile for distinctiveness): few abstractions share its structure, so a faithful description tends to retrieve it precisely.
Family — Unclustered & Miscellaneous (2551 abstractions)
Nearest neighbors
- Solutions journalism — 0.84
- Doxxing — 0.82
- Social objects — 0.81
- Prosopography — 0.81
- Knolling — 0.81
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