Social activism around the world is big business. But in Australia, demonstrators are distilling worthy causes at large down to a local level. Why? Because people are engaged more if they can see the direct impact of their actions, especially in a hyperconnected world thanks to social media.

Reality shows from E! are usually reserved the Kardashians or shows about Playboy bunnies. In 2018, Rose McGowan is hitting the network inCitizen Rose– a politically charged docu-series in line with how younger generations' discover and consume news and entertainment.

Google has imposed a blanket-ban on all advertising related to the Irish referendum on abortion in the fortnight leading up to the vote. The move aims to assuage people’s fears about big tech's influential role in the political process following the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

Young people in Berlin are expressing their political dissatisfaction by dancing in the streets. In a more creative form of protest, the city’s clubs have funded a techno party in the city centre to help engage young people with political demonstration and let them have their voices heard.