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The Reconnection of The Past and Present and The Diaspora of Gen Z Aboriginal Activism
Hamid, Aya Nabil
Hamid, Aya Nabil
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Since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Generation Z political activists have used social media platforms such as TikTok and Twitter in order to advocate for the promotion of their human rights. While Aboriginal activism has a part of Australia’s history since the beginning. However, with the use of technology, activism, especially Generation Z activism has shifted to the use of social media platforms. Generation Z Aboriginal activists have used these same platforms in order to reach a larger target audience and hold discussions online regarding Aboriginal rights and issues that the community faces today. This developed the research question “How are Gen Z Aboriginal activists engaging with past and present injustices to push the Australian government to respect Aboriginal rights in its policies?” This thesis includes a literature review which discusses the academic literature behind Aboriginal history, government policy, and aboriginal activism as well as discussing the gaps and themes that might not be discussed by scholars. The first chapter introduces Aboriginal history briefly in order to give context and to examine how these issues and injustices came to be. The second chapter examines the history of Australian federal government policy pertaining to the Aboriginal community and their correlation with the issues that are discussed by activists. The third chapter is based on primary research that has been done through qualitative data analysis, 1st, a survey in which activists participated in and the use of the MAXQDA system for twitter in order to analyze tweets and present any themes or gaps. Lastly, the conclusion discusses the themes and gaps throughout the literature, research and government policies and provides an analysis of where there may be gaps.
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Thesis (B.A. in Political Science)--John Cabot University, Spring 2022.
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2022
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Aboriginal Australians, Social conditions, Government relations, Internet and activism, Political participation, Digital media
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Hamid, Aya Nabil. "The Reconnection of The Past and Present and The Diaspora of Gen Z Aboriginal Activism". BA Thesis, John Cabot University, Rome, Italy. 2022.