i like to get involved in politics.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Activism consists of efforts to promote, impede, or direct social, political, economic, or environmental reform or stasis with the desire to make improvements in society. Forms of activism range from writing letters to newspapers or to politicians, political campaigning, economic activism such as boycotts or preferentially patronizing businesses, rallies, street marches, strikes, sit-ins, and hunger strikes. One can also express activism through different forms of art (artivism). Daily acts of protest such as not buying clothes from a certain clothing company because they exploit workers is another form of activism. Research has begun to explore how activist groups use social media to facilitate civic engagement and collective action. The \"Online Etymology Dictionary\" records the English words \"activism\" and \"activist\" (in the political sense) from 1920 and from 1915 respectively. Activists can function in roles as public officials, as in judicial activism. Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., introduced the term \"judicial activism\" in a January 1946 \"Fortune\" magazine article titled \"The Supreme Court: 1947\". Activists are also public watchdogs and whistle blowers, attempting to understand all the actions of every form of government that acts in the name of the people: all government must be accountable to oversight and transparency.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "There are a lot of people currently expressing new forms of activism, social media is playing a huge part these days."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Most definitely! Social media is one of the biggest ways people get there information right now."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes, it's a great way to start what's referred to as 'grassroots' campaigns."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I have heard many references to such, but I am not that familiar with the term. Please tell me more about it. "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Grassroots refers to creating campaigns from the 'bottom-up', rather than from the top-down and are considered as being more natural."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That's very interesting. So the people are supposed to be more involved and there should be less political interference?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes. Many people focusing action by word of mouth at the local, regional and national levels."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Is the information that comes out of these campaigns on par with the information you get in traditional campaigns?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes, but with social media, you'd relate to, or receive the messenger a lot better than a candidate."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That is very interesting. Politics have changed so much in the past twenty years!"}]