Mr. Ghonim says it all – the internet and social media facilitated the coming together of the revolution. It broke down the feeling of isolation that the Egyptian regime banked on. Social capital was created. Enough said by me, Ghonim says it better. For other posts on the role of social media in affecting change…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-02-13
Pradically All the Time is out! http://bit.ly/cb0ShI ▸ Top stories today via @maguimartinez @sdv_duras # Al Jazeera: Kenyan youth map their home (another amazing MapKibera video). http://ow.ly/3R3GR # Sunday Nation (kenya): Youth unemployment and Egyptian lesson http://ow.ly/3R7YS # The Standard: We ignore Egypt’s chaos at our own peril. http://ow.ly/3R3jG # Pradically All the Time is…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-01-30
Generation Green launches. Cash awards up to $12,500 for “young” ideas for greening Vancouver. http://ow.ly/3GOFs # Pradically All the Time is out! http://bit.ly/gAKp0r ▸ Top stories today by @andrewsimms_nef @virtualactivism # I ♥ the next web @TNW … awesome site. # Parking with the dead .. http://ow.ly/3INz1 # @samroddick good luck! will we be able…
Repost: Update from Harrassmap
Conclusions from HarassMap’s First Progress Report
November 1st, 2010 to December 29th, 2010
HarassMap: Putting Women’s Safety on the Map
The issue of violence and harassment of women is a global problem, with women experiencing violence in their lifetime ranging from approximately 5 to 50% globally, and sexual violence with a similar global range (please read attached The World’s Women 2010: Trends and Statistics for more info). It is thus exciting to see that digital…
Part III: Whose Tweet Counts Anyways? Egyptian blogger demonstrates the power of Social Media
So, I meant to send this last week, but in changing over my blog it got lost in the move. Yet, in light of the missive by Gladwell, what happened here is a case study in the value of social media. The Egyptian government is notorious for its heavy handed, anti-democratic actions. Yet, through the…