by: Liz Wakefield, Veronica Till & Alexandra Dill
The website we found is saveourenvironment.org. This website aims to resist a number of environmental hazards but mainly the problems oil companies create for our environment by discounting their concern for global warming. Saveourenvironment.org is a counter-hegemony resistance website because it aims to provide society with the tools to create a better environment in order to change the way of life of the people in the society.
The power utilized by the control side is through structural power due to the fact oil and fuel companies successfully lobby the government for money.
The power utilized by the resistance side is through both symbolic and structural power. Symbolic because the saveourenvironment.org website is riddled with banners and notices about how someone can aid in their effort. The website is constantly implanting environmentally friendly ideas into its readers through articles and advertisements. It has structural power in that it has also been just as successful in lobbying congress for money and getting big decisions made in its favor.
Information Communication Technology is used to make resistance by providing a starting point for peoples ideas as well as a centralized source for supporters to collect their ideas in order to create a stronger movement. Internet and ICT's are particularly beneficial to a resistance movement because it creates an easily viewed medium for millions to access.
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