Cyber-Activism and Social Network Media: Appropriating the Emerging Platform to Promote Nation-Building and Peace
Keywords:
Cyber activism, social network media, Internet activism, national-building, nationalism, ideologyAbstract
The article demonstrated the values and roles of cyber- activism and social network media in promoting nation-building and peace. It addressed the conceptual definitions of cyber activism, social networking media, nation-building, and peace and their manifold meanings. This led to a discussion of the relevance of discourse theory to a study of nation-building, the relevance of discourse theory to a study of nation-building and peace, especially to the understanding of nationalist ideology. The paper concluded that cyber activism and social networking media platforms a viable tools and, hence can enhance the promotion of nation-building and peace, although the study identifies some criticism against the uses of the internet the platform cyber activism and social networking media are both created and user-generated content.
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