MLK Day 2014: Social Media, Community Building, and Activism
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Social Media, Activism & Community Building Marie K. Shanahan University of Connecticut, Department of Journalism January 20, 2014 Associated Press File Photo
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Social Media, Activism & Community Building
Marie K. ShanahanUniversity of Connecticut, Department of Journalism
January 20, 2014Associated Press File Photo
“Coalition of conscience"
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Social Networks
One to many
Many to many
Independently networked Independently networked publicpublic
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Social media as an organizational toolAssociated Press File Photos
Image from Time.com
Social media as an alternative press, an outlet for citizen journalism.
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Social media as a tool for generating awareness, regionally &
internationally.
Tap into power of the crowd
Some key moments in social media and Internet activism
September 1998MoveOn.org
November 30, 1999WTO Protests in
Seattle
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2004College students get
Sunday, December 26, 2004
TsunamiA 9.1-magnitude underwater earthquake caused a huge tsunami in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, killing more than 225,000 people in 11 countries.
February 2005YouTube launched
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March 2006Twitter founded
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September 2006Facebook Goes
Worldwide
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September 2007 Protests in Burma
Peaceful citizen protests in Burma captured on mobile phones showed the world images of monks being attacked.
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September 2008Kashmir’s mobile phone
chroniclers
Citizens using mobile phones document atrocities during demonstrations, then post footage on
YouTube. AP File Photo
June 2009Iran election protests
Twitter proved significant in keeping Iranians and the world advised as to happenings in Iran -- where open Internet and cell phone communication had been thwarted after the highly disputed reelection of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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April 2010New Jersey Students
Walkout
WPIX-TV
2010Wikileaks
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December 2010 – presentThe Arab Spring
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August 2011London Riots
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September 2011Occupy Wall Street
Adbusters
March 2012 #StopKony
Invisible Children, Inc..
Slacktivism: ‘Liking’ is too easy
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"The founders of Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube did not create their products with the intent of starting revolutions and ousting dictators.
“Though they may feel they have played a role in the process by providing these vehicles for change, these revolutions begin in the minds and imaginations of those driving them.
[Individuals] choose their tools and their mediums for communication, whether it is print, radio, blogging or just word of mouth, but the strength of a movement lies ultimately in the will for activism. "
-- Madeline Storck
