Courses: Popular Culture and Media, Communication and Community, Critical/Cultural Studies, Organizational Communication, Rhetoric and Public Advocacy, other courses with a focus on the use of digital and social media to organize groups Objectives: In this single class activity students will (a) analyze notions of activism and “slacktivism” from scholarly and popular sources to apply these concepts actively to critical theory, (b) enhance their understanding of how digital media—specifically social media—influences contemporary efforts to organize people through digital media for social change, and (c) critically reflect on their own participation and perceptions of activism in advocacy groups.