Essays on Social Change

Progress. The term has an undeniably positive connotation, bringing to the mind words such as innovation, discovery, or improvement. We think of steps being taken towards equality and groundbreaking medical discoveries. Oxford Dictionary defines it as “development towards an improved or more advanced condition”. In...

In the 1800s it was the Luddites smashing weaving machines. These days retail staff worry about automatic checkouts. Sooner or later taxi drivers will be fretting over self-driving cars. The battle between man and machines goes back centuries. Are they taking our jobs? Or are...

In 2012 (The act of killing) a very controversial documentary was released to the public. The movie was about the Indonesian mass killing of the communists in (1965-1966). Before, the genocide was ignored by Indonesia and the world, not only this but celebrated locally! Although...

A good point of departure in exploring the concept of social change is the fact that no human society anywhere has ever been or can be static. It is also true that social change is hard to predict. This is mainly because the factors that...

Elements of Social Change “Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott became the epicenter of the civil rights campaign not only because of an individual act of defiance, but also because of social patterns” (Barrios 2015). Although she was not the first person to be...

See Consumer Engagement That Others Don’t Stop doing what everyone else is doing and be creative about how your brand engages with consumers. For example, Beyoncé launched her most recent album in a unique way that would fully leverage her relationship with her fans and...

The concept of social innovation has slowly crept into Nigeria and has taken its place as an ideal blueprint for the development of the nation especially with the use of technology. So far, there have been massive attempt to innovate for good. Some of these...