Case Studies — Blogging
A blog is a type of website or part of a website where an individual or group provide commentary or news on a particular subject. Blogs can also act as personal online diaries. In 2009, BlogPulse, a search engine for blogs, estimated that there were 126 million blogs on the internet!
The Movements.org case study series identifies and evaluates campaigns that have harnessed technology for social change in their communities or that have demonstrated degree of success that others could learn from. Think you or someone you know should be featured?! Share your work here.
#FreeAlaa
The online and offline campaign to free an activist in Egypt brought worldwide focus to his plight and helped him go free.
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Tunisian Bloggers Identify Doctored Photo
Just months before the start of the Tunisian uprising, bloggers identified and outed a doctored photo in a state newspaper.
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Syrian Boycott of Mobile Telecoms
Through repeated boycotts organized via Facebook, Syrian activists helped bring change to the exploitative cell phone industry.
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Using Online Video and Blogs to Build Public Awareness in Egypt
Wael Abbas used his blog and other online media to spread information and awareness about Egypt's struggles under Mubarak.
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#InternetNecesario
A Twitter campaign organized using hashtags and repealed an unpopular law that would have taxed internet users.
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Free Kareem
When a young Egyptian is suddenly jailed for writing a provocative blog post, one activist launches a campaign to get him out.
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El Chiguirre Bipolar
Despite encroaching censorship, a satirical political blog gains a huge following in Venezuela.
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Ceasefire Liberia
What’s the best way to tell the story of Liberian post-conflict reconstruction? By getting Liberians to tell it themselves.
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