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In globalization, there are many certain forms of activism to tackle certain issues. Whether its using a form of activism to accomplish some matter as small as receiving someones stolen cell phone, protesting and standing up for African American freedom rights or victorious down an authoritarian regime, it all takes some sort of activism to promote, establish, and accomplish change. Some forms of activism are far more affective than others. In terms of political and sociable change, strong-tied high-risk activism is far more affective than weak-tied social-media activism (Gladwell, 2010).To be effective in accomplishing political and social change, people occupy to have some sort of face-to-face interconnectedness to a movement (Gladwell, 2010, p. 44). In the recitation reading of Gladwells story, personal connections and relations gave courage to four African American students to demand and can awareness for freedom and equality rights and to start the Freedom Summer Sit-In move ment with success (Gladwell, 2010, p. 45). To properly tackle political and social change, you also need some sort of organization and strong hierarchal power to stand behind your movement. A good example of this in Gladwells story is when he uses Al Qaeda as an example. According to Gladwell (2010), Al Qaeda was most dangerous when it was a unified hierarchy. Now that it has dissipated into a network, it has proved far less(prenominal) effective (p. 48). Having a hierarchal power behind your movement also puts a face on a movement and reminds you what you are standing up for.Social media activism lacks the basic components of what is needed to make real political and social movements such as individuals not being directly affect or affected. Social networks are effect... ... freedom and openness and inequalities compared globally to the rest of the world. They are now pushing for change, equality, freedom, and striving for the same privileges and rights that most successful unqu estionable and developing countries have already established. Some forms of activism are better than others at tackling certain issues. High-risk activism opposed to social-media activism, is far more effective and well worthy in successfully accomplishing high-scale and high-risk global equality issues. Demanding race equality, taking down and building authoritarian regimes, demanding for constitutional revisions, and raising awareness have greater chances of success if approached in a high-risk activism approach. Social-media is more of an awareness approach, but once awareness is raised, then it takes a higher and riskier activism to see the whole thing through.