Using a new social movement (NSM) of your choice, critically assess the importance of social media online activism

Using a new social movement (NSM) of your choice, critically assess the importance of social media online activism in addressing the chosen problem your movement addresses within the contemporary world, highlighting criticisms of new media engagement within your analysis.
Topic 6 – Identity politics
“We desire to be recognised as legitimate and competent actors, a practical orientation in time and space which is not captured by the emphasis on ‘categorical’ identities” (Noble, 2009, pg. 880).
• Drawing from this quote, critically discuss Noble’s (2009) work on recognition, drawing on
examples to highlight the new forms of identity expression prevalent in post-modernity.
“The refusal to be seen as one thing is not simply a desire to be read as whole, but also a way
of resisting the pressure to collude with the universal” (Aliahomed, 2010, pg.158)
• Drawing from this quote, critically discuss how intersectionality impacts on the ways in
which identity is understood and performed, drawing on at least 2 identity categories
(E.g. Gender & Ethnicity OR Sexuality & Race OR Class & Gender or any other
combinations).
Topic 7 – Global poverty
• Critically examine how globalisation contributes to global inequality and poverty,
providing suggestions for how this can be resolved on both a macro and micro level.