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New on SSIR: Are we addicted to Slacktivism?

Amy Sample Ward

—– If you’ve been on facebook at all in December this year, you may have seen something happening to all your friends – their pictures changing to their favorite cartoon characters! The purpose of this game is to remove all photos of human for a few days from Facebook.&#.

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Slacktivism: Can Cartoons Raise Awareness or Just Make Us Feel Good?

NetWits

Did you notice something toony about Facebook last weekend? In an effort to raise awareness for child abuse, thousands of Facebook users changed their profile photos to one of their favorite childhood cartoon characters (full disclosure: mine was Underdog.) This is for a campaign against violence on children.&#

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