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Protesting is about bring awareness and education to the public over topics the media was not airing. For example, the media was not talking about income inequ
by valgor 7y ago
Protesting is about bring awareness and education to the public over topics the media was not airing. For example, the media was not talking about income inequality before OWS protest started happening. OWS shifted national discourse for a lot of people. That means it was a very successful protest.
So yes, real change has to happen somewhere else. Newly educated people could drive that change, new alliances could be formed, or next steps like boycotts could be organized. Those things could have started at a protest, which is another reason why protesting is valuable.
- chippy 7y agoIt's funny how one of the aims of a protest is about getting their story in the media because the media is not paying attention to it. It basically means that a protest has to play by the medias's games. There's always critical commentary after a protest about the amount of coverage given to it. Coverage becomes the aim rather than the actual aim. The media for their part do cover them - they have to play their side - but they won't be on the protest's side! Focusing on the media, marketing, communications and influence also means fake news, propaganda, Russian troll armies etc are also important. It's the medium and the message and not the aims of the movement that's most important. It over plays the media's hand and down plays how effective a protest movement could be.