e-activism
Digital civic engagement
E-activism is political or social advocacy conducted through digital channels—online petitions, social media campaigns, coordinated email efforts, or website actions.
The term emphasizes using internet tools to organize, mobilize, and amplify causes: E-activism made it possible to gather a million signatures overnight.
Critics sometimes dismiss it as less committed than traditional activism, but digital organizing has proven effective for fundraising, awareness, and rapid response.
Systematically putting in order
- movementChange in position
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- rallyGathering for a cause
demonstration · march · protest · boycott · sit-in · strike · solidarity · mobilize
Advocating to decision-makers
- petitionFormal written appeal
- policyAdopted principle of action
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- reformImprove by correcting faults
rights · justice · influence · pressure · cause · lobbyist · testimony · letter-writing
Political protest via intrusion
- DDoSTraffic flood attack
- AnonymousLeaderless hacktivist network
- WikiLeaksTransparency organization publishing leaks
- encryptionConverting data into code
anonymity · whistleblowing · cybersecurity · VPN · doxxing · defacement · netizen · darkweb
Labeled link for posts
- petitionFormal written appeal
- viralSpreading quickly online
- bloggingWriting online regularly
- tweetingShort online posts
streaming · webinar · clicktivism · slacktivism · tweetstorm · online · forum · meme
Same status for all
- justiceFair treatment under law
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- progressMovement toward improvement
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
suffrage · liberation · inclusion · equity · representation · intersectionality · decolonization · feminism
organizing
Systematically putting in order
- movementChange in position
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
rally · demonstration · march · protest · boycott · sit-in · strike · solidarity · mobilize · grassroots
lobbying
Advocating to decision-makers
- petitionFormal written appeal
- policyAdopted principle of action
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
reform · rights · justice · influence · pressure · cause · lobbyist · testimony · letter-writing · stakeholder
hacktivism
Political protest via intrusion
- DDoSTraffic flood attack
- AnonymousLeaderless hacktivist network
- WikiLeaksTransparency organization publishing leaks
encryption · anonymity · whistleblowing · cybersecurity · VPN · doxxing · defacement · netizen · darkweb · proxy
hashtag
Labeled link for posts
tweeting · streaming · webinar · clicktivism · slacktivism · tweetstorm · online · forum · meme · infographic
equality
Same status for all
- justiceFair treatment under law
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- progressMovement toward improvement
revolution · suffrage · liberation · inclusion · equity · representation · intersectionality · decolonization · feminism · environmentalism
e-activismgrassroots organizing
Local citizen-led collective action
sit-ins · street protest · sit-in · direct action · civil disobedience
e-activismpolitical apathy
Indifference to governance
disengagement · indifference · inaction · passivity · non-participation
e-activismslacktivism
Effortless digital cause support
clicktivism · armchair activism · performative activism · hashtag activism · virtue signaling
activism, activist, activists, active, actively, activate, activated, activates, activating