Abstract: Public space provides the public with a sphere to express their opinions and objections on issues surrounding the government, status quo, and historical events. With a the shrinking of public space becoming a real notion, the public sphere has adapted and moved its outlet...
Before evaluating whether Occupy Wall Street succeeded at their goals, it is best to first come to an agreement as to what their goal actually was. The Occupy Wall Street movement was an example of direct action against the perceived corruption of financial institutions. People...
The Occupy Movement was a nonviolent public protest, which saw thousands camped out in Zuccotti Park in New York in September 2011, directed at Wall Street and the perceived corruption of powerful corporates and their supporters in politics. It has been described as a “campaign...
Following in the footsteps of the Arab Spring revolution in Egypt, the Occupy Wall Street protest was an anti capitalist and consumerist movement started in 2011 to challenge dominant economic ideology and policies. Like the Arab Spring uprising it marked the start of a new...
Income inequality in the United States has increased in recent years. Many people were concerned about the fact that some people’s income is incredibly large, while others are so small that they can hardly pay for basic things. It led to many protest movements against...
Communication has always been a crucial part of the existence of human beings. Being able to communicate as a group increases the chance of survival and allows groups to have better living conditions. Through time, this instinct we have as human beings made us look...
The mediatization of our modern world is a largely controversial matter with notable pros and cons littering its discourse. Mass communication now includes the internet, mobile phones, and new forms of intelligent communication systems. It’s affected governments with Open-Data being increasingly prominent globally, it’s given...
Article 1, Section 9 of the Constitution says that taxes are allowed only if they are apportioned among the states according to population. Direct taxation was feared by many of the Founding Fathers, but by 1913 the Progressive atmosphere of reform reached such popularity that...
The select case study movements are Occupy Wall Street that was birthed in New York City, U.S.A, and Arab Spring that entailed Arabic countries in the middle east and Africa. The formation of movements was towards achieving social justice, and political and economic change; the...
