A study of hashtag activism for raising awareness about riverbank erosion in Bangladesh

Maruf Hasan Zaber; Bonnie Nardi; Jay Chen

doi:10.1145/3080556.3080557

A study of hashtag activism for raising awareness about riverbank erosion in Bangladesh

Maruf Hasan Zaber, Bonnie Nardi, Jay Chen

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Abstract

Millions of vulnerable people around the world are suffering from intensifying climate-related disruptions that could be construed as limits problems. Because those who suffer the most are often the most marginalized, these communities are largely neglected by governments and national media. In rich countries, social media has enabled ordinary citizens to add their voices to the public discourse. In the Global South, access to Internet and social media technologies is extremely constrained. In this paper, we study how, despite these barriers, communities in Bangladesh that are chronically affected by riverbank erosion are managing to use Facebook to participate in "hashtag activism." this activism makes some progress toward filling the information gap regarding the impacts of riverbank erosion in Bangladesh, and can inform the national media and government for taking action.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	LIMITS 2017 - Proceedings of the 2017 Workshop on Computing Within Limits
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages	51-57
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450349505
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3080556.3080557
State	Published - Jun 22 2017
Event	3rd Annual Workshop on Computing within Limits, LIMITS 2017 - Santa Barbara, United States Duration: Jun 22 2017 → Jun 24 2017

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Name	LIMITS 2017 - Proceedings of the 2017 Workshop on Computing Within Limits

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Other	3rd Annual Workshop on Computing within Limits, LIMITS 2017
Country/Territory	United States
City	Santa Barbara
Period	6/22/17 → 6/24/17

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Limits
Online activism
Social media

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General Computer Science

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Zaber, M. H., Nardi, B., & Chen, J. (2017). A study of hashtag activism for raising awareness about riverbank erosion in Bangladesh. In LIMITS 2017 - Proceedings of the 2017 Workshop on Computing Within Limits (pp. 51-57). (LIMITS 2017 - Proceedings of the 2017 Workshop on Computing Within Limits). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1145/3080556.3080557

A study of hashtag activism for raising awareness about riverbank erosion in Bangladesh. / Zaber, Maruf Hasan; Nardi, Bonnie; Chen, Jay.
LIMITS 2017 - Proceedings of the 2017 Workshop on Computing Within Limits. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2017. p. 51-57 (LIMITS 2017 - Proceedings of the 2017 Workshop on Computing Within Limits).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Zaber, MH, Nardi, B & Chen, J 2017, A study of hashtag activism for raising awareness about riverbank erosion in Bangladesh. in LIMITS 2017 - Proceedings of the 2017 Workshop on Computing Within Limits. LIMITS 2017 - Proceedings of the 2017 Workshop on Computing Within Limits, Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, pp. 51-57, 3rd Annual Workshop on Computing within Limits, LIMITS 2017, Santa Barbara, United States, 6/22/17. https://doi.org/10.1145/3080556.3080557

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