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- 3. “the convergence of streets and networks” “After this revelatory year, dense with threats and promises from a completely new global movement, global governance – painfully aware of the great threat that such autonomous horizontal communication poses to its control – is vigorously attacking digital freedoms” (Griziotti,2012)
- 6. Clash of the Capitalisms
- 8. Anonymous
- 9. Why social media is reinventing activism „Feel good clicking rather than make a change‟ – Kessler „Slacktivism‟: The act of participating in obviously pointless activities as an expedient alternative to actually expending effort to fix a problem‟
- 11. Example of poor activism Kessler Red Cross: 208,500 „likes‟ on FB Online donations accounted for 3.6% (private donations)
- 12. This is Shawn Ahmed
- 13. Barack Obama “ If the internet didn‟t exist, Barack Obama would not be president of the united states” - Ben Rattray
- 15. More loose Ties lead to more activists “ You‟re not going to get everyone who liked your Facebook page to volunteer their summer, building schools and helping out, but its still all part of that journey.” – Craig Kieldburger “Social media opens the megaphone so much wider… when you finally look at that spectrum, we‟ve got more people who are finally making a journey.” – Craig Kieldburger
- 16. Media Commons What is Media Commons? Projects Twitter
- 17. The New Everyday What is The New Everyday? How does it work? What is a cluster?
- 18. Forums What do you guys think are the benefits and the negatives of writing a forum or being involved with a forum website such as The New Everyday?
- 19. Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado Forums/social media do in fact put forward important stories that does not reach the main news stations Responses from users of The New Everyday