Communication 390STA - DIY Media and Social Change

Do-it-yourself media has radically transformed our cultural landscape. Creativity, passion, and determination allows anyone to be a maker. While the term originates in the 1970s UK punk and US hip hop movements, and has been incorporated into mainstream commercial culture, its independent, grassroots spirit has been a critical element in contemporary movements for social change. Over the last decade, online media has allowed the explosion of creative-maker content and the mobilization of political opinion in ways that challenge previous paradigms of public communication and social change.