The movies provided give brief descriptions of the effects of online activism. Thus, the section will give a description of the both negative and positive effects of online activism and a review of the movies watched.

The first effect of online activism is awareness. The first objective of online activism is to give information to the public through the internet. A massive population is reached with information since most people spend a lot of time on the internet. With several social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other sites attracting people to the internet, most people get information and activism messages. As a result, very many people will be mobilized, and they will be inspired to come up and support a certain program or a certain aspect of the project. This is much better off than when people have to be mobilized manually around the globe and convince them to support a certain project. At least online activism caters to a large group of people who are internet active (Pickerill 331).

However, online activism may cause harm to underage or may not reach a specific targeted group. For example, social sites on the internet being visited by all sorts of groups. A given project or program may be targeting individuals under 30 years, but when used on the internet, the information reaches even people who are older and younger. Here, there will be no target achieved, or additionally, maybe the program is meant for individuals who are above 18 years, but now that the social sites cover all ages, the information might be harmful to kids under 18 years. For example, programs dealing with sexual matters should not be publicized on the internet because kids might come across them.

The movies watched give great descriptions of the effects of online activism. For example, movie activists vs. activists give the effect of online activism as awareness. The movie was done by Tomas Whitmore and Julianne Waters on the effects of online activism on the public. Actually, the movie notes that several views are heard concerning activism and most people prefer online activism to any other form of activism, as it sounds cool. However, the science of translation involved has many errors. The Arabic movies actually had errors since the translations were not right at some point.