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Book Review: SMS Uprising - Mobile Activism in Africa | DigiActive.org - 0 views

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mobile Activism

shared by stan mag on 25 Mar 10 - Cached
  • stan mag on 25 Mar 10
     
    ""SMS campaigns to promote violence, blogs to challenge mainstream media narratives, and online campaigns to promote awareness of human rights violations.""
Arnault Coulet

Italian Interior ministry unveils new free SMS information service (via @fondapol) - 0 views

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netgouvernance sms

shared by Arnault Coulet on 04 Sep 09 - Cached
  • In July 2009, the Italian Ministry of the Interior launched on its web portal a short messaging information service for citizens.
  • The users of the entirely free of charge service will regularly receive, on their mobile phone, text messages with the Ministry’s latest news as well as relevant notifications, reminders, invitations to events and much more.
Rem Palpitt

Obama's Ghana Strategy: Use New Media Tools, But Keep the Old | techPresident - 0 views

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stratégie radio obama mobile SMS net-gouvernance

shared by Rem Palpitt on 08 Jul 09 - Cached
  • Rem Palpitt on 08 Jul 09
     
    So the White House is taking a sensible multi-pronged approach to reaching Ghanaians. The blend includes SMS -- for both sending messages to the President and getting speech highlights -- and radio -- of both Obama's remarks and his responses to mobile messages, fleshed out with Twitter, Facebook, and live video streaming components.
Arnault Coulet

Mobile Phones Creating New Opportunities for Activists - 0 views

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mobile phone telephone activisme

shared by Arnault Coulet on 17 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Increasingly widespread penetration of mobile phones around the world is creating new opportunities for activists to organize, connect and open windows to their lives.
  • co-founder of MobileActive.org,
  • Mobile phones are much more accessible for people in developing countries where Internet connections may be expensive or nonexistent
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  • It was through these innovations that Kiripi Katembo Siku, an art student from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was able to create a film that portrayed street life in the Congo’s capital, Kinshasa.
  • It was SMS that offered many of the real-time updates found on Twitter and other social networking sites during the recent Iranian and Lebanese elections that captured global attention.
  • In 2005, Greenpeace Argentina,
  • he campaign enrolled more than 4,500 activists to receive text alerts during critical legislative battles and encouraged them to text or call their representatives in a show of support for the zero-waste policy.
  • using solar power for mass texting by mobile phone someday.
  • During President Obama’s June 14 visit to Cairo, Egypt, and his July 11 visit to Ghana, subscribers in places where Internet or television might not be accessible received SMS texts with updates of his speeches. In response, subscribers were able to send in questions for President Obama to answer in a podcast.
Rem Palpitt

The Obama-Clinton One-Two Tech-Powered Public Diplomacy Punch - 0 views

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shared by Rem Palpitt on 17 Jul 09 - No Cached
  • Rem Palpitt on 17 Jul 09
     
    This isn't the first time a State Department has supported a president. It's part of the job description. But technology seems to be greasing the wheels on that relationship. One or two runs below Clinton, there's tech-driven symbiosis afoot. Take Obama's speech last week in Accra, Ghana. It's a great example of how, using new media, two DC powerhouses are feeding off one another's efforts. A taste of what we're talking about here
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