In this course, we will examine how social movements leverage media, technology and space to shape and counter how people understand critical social issues. We will examine contemporary social movements such as Black Lives Matter and #MeToo to understand media as a practice, process and artifact. We will also study seminal constructs such as representation, alternative media and connective action through weekly assignments and in-class discussions. A recurrent thread throughout our discussions will be critically interrogating the ways social platforms such as X and TikTok orient the media creation and organizing strategies of social movements. The final project for this course will be a journal length manuscript that examines recent example of media practices and or media artifacts by a social movement, community newspaper or alternative publication.