Media Activism and Social Change: Course Outline (BMSC1T014)

Course Contents

1. Concept of Change & Social Change
2. Agents for Social Change      
3. Models of Social Change
4. Evolutionary Theory
5. Functionalist Theory
6. Conflict Theory          

• Researching for Social Change
• Basic principles, methods and strategies to assess Social Change     
• Campaigning for Social Change

7. Skills, techniques and tools required for Media Activism     

• Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in Advocating Change   
• Global Civil Society and Activism    
•  Social Movements

8. Anti-War Movement
9. Snowden and WikiLeaks
10. Tea Party Movement
11. Occupy Wall street
12. Anti-Global movement
13. Arab Spring Revolution
14. Judiciary Movement  
15. Michael Moore One man Struggle