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Writings and course materials from Dr. Maximilian C. Forte, anthropologist at Concordia University, on politics, power, and advocacy using Web media. The actors in focus here are individuals, civil society organizations, political parties, and governments. The range of topics includes resistance, organization, influence on/by mainstream media, soft power, strategic communications, misinformation, information warfare, centered around issues of democracy, equality, social justice and liberation.
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Debates in Digital Activism: Update
Biz Stone, co-founder and creative director of Twitter Inc., produces a response to Malcolm Gladwell: “Exclusive: Biz Stone on Twitter and Activism” (see the earlier post relevant to this). Everyone is an expert on activism these days, seemingly by virtue … Continue reading
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Tagged Biz Stone, Evan Williams, Evgeny Morozov, Malcolm Gladwell, social media, Twitter
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Wikileaks News Updates
The Congressional Research Service in the U.S. says that the publication by Wikileaks of the Afghan War Diaries is not “criminal.” It was not unlawful to publish the information, according to the report (which can be downloaded from here). The … Continue reading
Digital Activism versus Traditional Activism
One may suspect that a lot of confusion might be avoided in debates such as those listed at the bottom if those participating in the debates chose to compare like with like. Digital activism is a communication activity. Digital activism … Continue reading
The Anthropology of Hackers
“The Anthropology of Hackers” is an article in The Atlantic by Gabriella Coleman (anthropologist in media, culture, and communication at NYU), where she essentially takes us through the content and thinking behind her course on hackers, week by week. It … Continue reading
Interviewed Today on Al Jazeera: Social Media, Soft Power, and American Empire
Al Jazeera Arabic invited me to participate in its hour-long program, In Depth (19 April 2010; 3:00-4:00pm EST), and I was happy to do so via satellite earlier this evening. One of the main topics that I was asked to … Continue reading
Posted in concepts, Theories, Twitter
Tagged Al Jazeera, Alliance of Youth Movements, Civil Society 2.0, grassroots movements, H.R. 2647, Iran, Israel, Jack Z. Bratich, public anthropology, social media, social networking sites, soft power, Twitter, Twitter Revolution, VOICE Act, zionism
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Notes on Shirky, Here Comes Everybody, Chs. 8, 9, 10, 11, and Epilogue
From: HERE COMES EVERYBODY The Power of Organizing without Organizations By Clay Shirky London: Penguin, 2008 The notes below are direct transcriptions, except for what appears in square brackets. In the developed world, the experience of the average twenty-five-year-old is … Continue reading
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Tagged Clay Shirky, collective action, group forming, Here Comes Everybody, media, notes, organization, revolution
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Notes on Shirky, Here Comes Everybody, Chs. 5, 6, and 7
From: HERE COMES EVERYBODY The Power of Organizing without Organizations By Clay Shirky London: Penguin, 2008 The notes below are direct transcriptions, except for what appears in square brackets. Never have so many people been so free to say and … Continue reading
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Tagged audience, blogs, Clay Shirky, collective action, consumers, coordination, Here Comes Everybody, media, notes, organization, sharing, traditional media
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