Slacktivism

From RationalWiki
Jump to: navigation, search
For Fred Clark's blog, see Slacktivist.
We will control
what you think with

Language

Icon language.svg
Here's how we do it

Slacktivism is a pejorative description for "activism" that requires little to no effort from the participants and has low to no effect towards the stated goal. The word itself is a portmanteau[1] of "slacker" and "activism."

The term is often used to describe initiatives such as "If you care about cause X, like this page on Facebook" and other "awareness raising" campaigns.

Slactivists may not deserve their poor reputation.[2]

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] Footnotes

Personal tools
Namespaces

Variants
Actions
Navigation
Community
Toolbox
support