Social Media and a New Model of Civic Engagement
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Whatelse?
social media is creating new
enhancing the tools used by existing ones
the way citizens are interacting with each other and organizations.
decreased the barriers of entry for citizens to have their voices heard
take action on an issue.
Why in Myanmar?(Entry barriers)
You and I
able to easily take small
simple actions without much effort.
an extraordinary impact
What do you think impact in Myanmar?
Facebook applications - Cause
you to support a cause
announce it to your network.
Twitter - hashtag
Tweeting - important to you.
A hashtag is a # sign followed by a term — i.e. #campaignfinancereform
Allows people to read all the tweets on a subject at once.
Compound of Crowd and a short for Outsourcing,
The tasks traditionally performed by an employee or contractor,
Outsourcing them to a group of people or community,
through an "open call" to a large group of people (a crowd) asking for contributions.
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Historically, English has been “the language of the Internet”
Not the case anymore!
However, world’s linguistic diversity not represented on the Internet
Further global growth needs linguistic diversity
Getting the next billion(s) online will need linguistic diversity
The next billion(s) online will demand linguistic diversity
The Internet is: a major source of information depository of knowledge the communications and business medium
Internet available for everyone Internet used by everyone requires
linguistic diversity!
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Social media, Crowdsourcing and Multilingualism
keystones to the bridge
You and Global