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Sohyun Kim

New tools for new movements: Using social media for civil good - 0 views

www.euronews.com/...ng-social-media-for-civil-good

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shared by Sohyun Kim on 09 Mar 14 - No Cached
  • social media had an enormous impact on the fate of the bill. Demonstrations were held all over Europe, Twitter and other social media were used to contact, support and encourage the MEPs to vote against ACTA.
  • Thus, this is just one side of the story: through new and social media, activists and NGOs can directly reach their audience, supporting and sometimes even replacing traditional media as information source.
  • “Take the ‘occupy movements’, for example: they used Twitter as a main means to spread the word and report real-time what is happening in the field, they used livestream channels to broadcast from the protests and tell a different perspective from TVs and newspapers. Occupy folks used blogs to tell in-depth stories from the field, photos to document and illustrate the stories, and podcasting to make the voice of the protesters heard and to amplify the message.”
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  • Smartphones, the Internet, the new media and the social networks are excellent means to help every citizen to run stories from the field, documenting cases and share them widely with audience through blogs and social networks.
  • An important exception to this has been, in recent years, the rise of the Italian Five Star Movement. In origin a simple association of different groups of local activists coalesced around beppegrillo.it, a blog founded by former comedian Beppe Grillo, the movement quickly grew into becoming one of the main forces of the Italian political arena. Its disruptive political agenda, together with the charisma of Beppe Grillo, explains this quick rise to prominence.
  • Sohyun Kim on 09 Mar 14
     
    This compilation of articles show how social media can be used to create awareness on current events and in turn can push for a change for the world to improve. The various articles are based in Europe and how movements were successful or on the way to reach their goal(s).
Talia Baksh

Occupy Wall Street uses social media to spread nationwide - CBS News - 0 views

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shared by Talia Baksh on 24 Mar 14 - No Cached
  • Occupy Wall Street uses social media to spread nationwide
  • (CBS) - Social media has been an important tool for protesters overseas. Now that the Occupy Wall Street protests have reached a tipping point, the abundance of online organizing is staggering.
  • Once we took a closer look at the movement and how it was being organized, we were impressed. The protesters used all forms of social media keep the movement alive. 
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  • Facebook pages have popped up for major cities across the country. Twitter hashtags have been established for communication at general assemblies. Countless videos have been posted to YouTube, Vimeo and Livestream. We found some moving personal accounts of job loss and helplessness shared on the blog, "We are the 99 percent."
  • Occupy Wall Street even got an Internet meme. The Occupy Sesame Street meme puts the central characters of the children's show in the shoes of regular Americans, with one Twitter user tweeting, "Truly outrageous that 99% of the cookies are consumed by 1% of the monsters on PBS. #occupysesamestreet."
  • Meetup groups have formed in 872 cities across the U.S., using the Occupy Together website as a central hub. We look forward to seeing the status updates, tweets, Instagrams...you get it.
  • Talia Baksh on 24 Mar 14
     
    This short article describes the social media efforts employed by the Occupy movement. It also includes links to some of these social media pages to further arouse the interest by the reader.
Raweeh Paz

Revolution 2.0? Social media and social movements - 0 views

www.socialist.ca/1836

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shared by Raweeh Paz on 08 Mar 14 - No Cached
  • Raweeh Paz on 08 Mar 14
     
    This article provides different examples as to how social media has made an impact on various social movements that have happened; big and small ones. The article highlights the usage of social media and how it enables people to rally together from different parts of the world to share their opinion on a cause/campaign.
Karen Espinola

Pirate Party's James Wilson aims to lead party nationally - New Brunswick - CBC News - 0 views

www.cbc.ca/...ead-party-nationally-1.2511054

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shared by Karen Espinola on 17 Feb 14 - No Cached
  • Karen Espinola on 17 Feb 14
     
    Canada has a political party called the Pirate Party which has existed since 2009, in which exists to attempt and loosen the laws regarding copyright and the movement of content. 
Raweeh Paz

Youth, Justice and Social Media Activism - 0 views

www.youthpolicy.org/...tice-and-social-media-activism

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  • Raweeh Paz on 08 Mar 14
     
    This article talks about the future and possibilities of social media in relation to the youth of today. It speaks about how social media can be used to create awareness and often get people involved with issues going on in the world.
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