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Olivia M

Iran's Protests: Why Twitter Is the Medium of the Movement - TIME - 4 views

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shared by Olivia M on 19 Oct 10 - Cached
  • Mohammad A on 19 Oct 10
     
    In the most recent Iranian elections, the government censored many websites on the Internet in order to prevent news and other information from leaking the country/"classified governmental issues within the election". The Iranian people started using social networks (mainly Twitter) to spread the information of governmental oppression around both nationally and through out the world. After Twitter started blocking such sites, Iranians started using their cellphones as the method of sending out information on the injustices occurring during the election.
  • Yuval S on 21 Oct 10
     
    This is a very interesting article. I find it interesting that Iran is afraid of the word of their government is getting out, so they block one of the most used wrbsites on the internet, I feel as though you could have argued the point that the tweets were not neccesarily the most reliable. As said in the article, "The vast body of information about current events in Iran that circulates on Twitter is chaotic, subjective and totally unverifiable. It's impossible to authenticate sources. It's also not clear who exactly is using Twitter within Iran, especially in English. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the bulk of tweets are coming from "hyphenated" Iranians not actually in the country who are getting the word out to Western observers, rather than from the protesters themselves, who favor other, less public media."
Jackie C

Social networks, texts boost fundraising - CNN - 0 views

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Haiti Donation Social Network ITGS relief money fundraising

shared by Jackie C on 19 Nov 10 - Cached
  • Jackie C on 19 Nov 10
     
    Social networks help boost fundraising and donation efforts in Haiti by 5 million in only a day.
  • Jackie C on 19 Nov 10
     
    Social Networking helps raise money for Haiti donations and relief efforts
Madeline Brownstone

BBC NEWS | Technology | Call for rethink on data storage - 1 views

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shared by Madeline Brownstone on 18 Nov 10 - Cached
  • Madeline Brownstone on 18 Nov 10
     
    Where your data storage is located has international implications.
Omar Alvarez

Digital divide or digital development? The Internet in Mexico - 0 views

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shared by Omar Alvarez on 10 Nov 10 - No Cached
    • Omar Alvarez
      Omar Alvarez on 10 Nov 10
       
      This article talks about the Digital Divide in Mexico
  • overty and an underdeveloped telecommunications infrastructure are significant barriers to Internet usage for millions of Mexicans (Chen and Wellman, 2003). Data collected by consulting firm Select Mexico (2004) show a wide class disparity in Internet access. The analysis divides Mexico’s populace into three income classes. The bottom third consists of about 73 percent Mexicans: mostly students, housewives, and employees of small businesses. Select found only about 17 percent of this group was Internet users. By contrast, they found that 46 percent of the upper class category is Internet users (about 13 percent of the population).
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