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How Can You Help Saudi Women?
Over the past few months we've been covering the Saudi #women2drive movement and this week we've shared some horrible news about human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia. People are asking us- "How can we help?" We believe getting the word out and making people aware that these human rights abuses are real and serious, is the first step to achieving change. Here's what you can do:
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How Social Media Is Keeping the Egyptian Revolution Alive
The revolution in Egypt is unfinished business. While new online tools are used to strengthen civil society, activists are still struggling with the digital divide when it comes to mobilizing masses against the army and the remains of the old administration.
Blogs and Bullets: New Media in Contentious Politics #USIPblogs
This morning we are following the livestream of Sifting Fact from Fiction: The Role of Social Media in Conflict featuring speakers such as Jillian C. York, Andy Carvin, Clay Shirky, Marc Lynch, and Alec Ross. Follow the conversation via the livestream or on Twitter: #USIPblogs. This event accompanies the release of a paper, "Blogs and Bullets: Social Media in Contentious Politics" which examines the role of social media in political movements.
#AUCStrike : Insight and Overview by @zeinobia
In her article, "Auc Strike: And the flag Mania reaches to the New AUC Campus" @zeinobia provides excellent insight and overview to the events at the American University in Cairo this week where students and workers were on strike.
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The Revolutions Were Tweeted: Information Flows During the 2011 Tunisian and Egyptian Revolutions
A recently published article in the International Journal of Communications examines the production and dissemination of news on Twitter during the 2011 Tunisian and Egyptian Revolutions. The authors use these two events to discuss how Twitter plays a key role in amplifying and spreading timely information across the globe.
This article details the networked production and dissemination of news on Twitter
during snapshots of the 2011 Tunisian and Egyptian Revolutions as seen through
information flows—sets of near-duplicate tweets—across activists, bloggers, journalists,
mainstream media outlets, and other engaged participants. We differentiate between
these user types and analyze patterns of sourcing and routing information among them.
We describe the symbiotic relationship between media outlets and individuals and the
distinct roles particular user types appear to play. Using this analysis, we discuss how
Twitter plays a key role in amplifying and spreading timely information across the globe. as seen through
“Invisible Machines: Collective Action Through Digital Space”
We are happy to be publishing Invisible Machines: Collective Action Through Digital Space an honors thesis by Edmund Zagorin, a student at the University of Michigan. In Invisible Machines Edmund explores classical theories of social movement formation's inbility to explain or make predictions about modern day movements tht often lack centralized leadership structures (see Wael Ghonims talk at One Young World about the "leadlerless" revolution in Egypt), where there is no clearly understood common purpose, and where many members participate in collective action anonymously or remotely. He also examines other dynamics of emergent digital connection.
How To: Safely Use Facebook on your Mobile Phone from @mobileactive
MobileActive, an organization who works to connect people, organizations, and resources using mobile technology for social change, has released a new guide for using Facebook safely and effectively on your mobile phone.
Video, Tweets, and FB Updates from #AUCStrike: Strike at American University in Cairo
Students and staff at the American University in Cairo striked today and used FB, Twitter, and YouTube to report and debate on the days events.
Wael Ghonim addresses his fellow Egyptian activists & gives media training via his Facebook page
This post, written by @zeinobia on her blog egyptianchronicles.blogspot.com, she shares a note written by Wael Ghonim (@ghonim) on his Facebook Page that provides tips for Egyptian activists using social and traditional media to further the cause of the revolution.
Case Study: Syrian Boycott of Mobile Telecoms
In 2009 fed up Syrian mobile customers used Facebook and blogs to organize a boycott of Syrian mobile telecoms. To learn more about how they did it, read our full case study.
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