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Ways of Protesting - Coggle Diagram
Ways of Protesting
Education
It is optimal to any successful protest for your views to be rooted in strong education on the topic.
Social media platforms are vital for the young generation to be exposed to the issues of the world, yet it helps alert everyone of the social change that they can be a part of.
It is important when being educated on different social justice issues that you are not accessing biased information, but instead seeing things as how they are. Often media are Farr left of far right, meaning that the information we have access to is incredibly biased. By reviewing multiple (and sometimes conflicting) sources you are able to get the full scope.
Signage
Placards and posters are vital at spreading non-verbal messages, to further emphasise the different aspects of an issue
Not only do signs convey text, but they represent slogans at a glance, which tactically stick inside your head
Placards are also effective ways of displaying imagery which make the message of the protest accessible to a wider audience and are often easier to interpret.
Sit-ins
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Sit ins are ways of conflicting with the societal duty, to instead promote the unjust system by refusing to partake
Sit ins can be a form of disruption which is an effective way of condemning and issue and making it known
Shouting
Shouting is very clearly disruptive, and it spreads a message far further than a sign.
Shouting draws attention to a cause and represents the passion that people feel for the certain issues.
Silence and stillness
Sometimes inaction is the most powerful action. If protesters are not violent and are peaceful, a better reputation follows the cause.
When you think of marches that block off whole busy streets, it obviously brings awareness to the cause, but it puts it into a negative light and makes people frustrated.
Mass demonstration
Mass demonstrations state the magnitude of a cause. The more people in support, the more likely a social or political change is going to be made.
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Propaganda
Propoganda is targeted information at the public, that has a reputation for being misleading and full of far sided lies.
Propaganda can more innocently work to clarify the ideology of a cause to be able to recruit more people for support
Boycotts
Boycotts are similar to silence, they involve ending your involvement with a certiain idea, group, or thing.
If a product has negative ties with ill-treatment of workers etc., then people would choose to not purchase it and therefore limit its support and control
Self-immolation
Something I have particularly more seen in tv shows rather than in real life, is taking your cause to the grave. Self immolation means you burn yourself as a commitment to the cause - you are willing to die for it
Self immolation may not be taken as seriously and not be as effective as the act in itself overtakes the power of the message. Self immolation is seen as a spectacle and not an act of protest to the media and onlookers
Hunger strikes
Hunger strikes can be famously noted back to the Womens suffrage movement of the early 1900s, and involves refusing to eat as another form of intense commitment to your cause.
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Marches
Marches are a cause of disruption and are strategically located for the most coverage. If there is something unique about a protest, the media are often more likely to cover it, thus meaning there will be more people aware.