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Clicktivism is trying to help a cause, or protest against something, by doing small things online: signing an internet petition, sharing a post, clicking like, putting a frame on your photo. The word mixes click and activism. It is often a little . People who say clicktivism usually mean: this is too easy, and it may not change anything in the street. Though actually, online petitions have sometimes gathered real pressure, and sharing news can matter; the sting in the word is about mistaking a click for the whole of the work. It sits beside slacktivism — “lazy activism” — a broader cousin. You will see clicktivism in newspapers and arguments about , not in a children’s reader.
點擊行動主義(帶點諷刺)。接近「懶人行動主義」;不是「鍵盤俠」(那比較像在網路上罵人)。
組成Blend of click + activism.
同家族的字
- clickthe online-action half of the blend
- activismthe other half: working for a cause
- activista person who does activism; same piece
- slacktivisma parallel blend (slacker + activism) for easy, low-effort support
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
clicktivismnoun
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derogatoryinformalHalf-hearted activism on the Internet, lacking actual engagement with the real-world issues.
- White argues that clicktivist sites (like MoveOn.org) are able to bolster their numbers by asking little of the “activists”. Hence, clicktivism potentially waters down the impact of lowcost forms of activism (like e-petitions).
- But there’s another danger, too. “Clicktivism” is a well-documented phenomenon, where people click on an online petition and think that their work is done, without actually having an impact on the world.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。