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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
- Round Up of Wikileaks News: 01-21 October 2010
- Chávez and the United Socialist Party of Venezuela in Twitter
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- Wikileaks News Updates
- Breaking the Internet in the Name of Freedom? Internet Censorship and Domestic Spying in the U.S.
- Digital Activism versus Traditional Activism
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- The Anthropology of Hackers
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- Interviewed Today on Al Jazeera: Social Media, Soft Power, and American Empire
- Notes on Shirky, Here Comes Everybody, Chs. 8, 9, 10, 11, and Epilogue
- Notes on Shirky, Here Comes Everybody, Chs. 5, 6, and 7
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- Building Your Research Paper on Cyber-Activism
- Online Activism Around the World, CFP2009
- Social media and the myth of techno-utopia
- Authoritarian Regimes Coopting the Internet
- Is “Virtual” Activism Not “Real” Activism?
- This Failed Revolution, Powered by Twitter: Revisiting the Recurring Themes of the Moldova Twitter Revolution, and Raising Some New Doubts
- Clay Shirky: 15 Points on the Web Revolution in Social Collaboration and Political Communication
- The Internet and Iranian Activism: Morozov v. Shirky
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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
Posted in concepts, Twitter
Tagged Biz Stone, Evan Williams, Evgeny Morozov, Malcolm Gladwell, social media, Twitter
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Chávez and the United Socialist Party of Venezuela in Twitter
Hopefully some academic(s) will write papers or books about how the Venezuelan governing party has made effective and sophisticated use of social media, in a way that is probably quite distinctive outside of the U.S. Besides Chávez’s blog, and very … 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
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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Social media and the myth of techno-utopia
TV Ontario, The Agenda with Steve Paikin, aired this episode on 24 February 2010, featuring debate around issues of cyber activism, digital resistance, and authoritarianism. more about “Social media and the myth of techno-utopia“, posted with vodpod
Posted in concepts, Theories
Tagged digital activism, Evgeny Morozov, resistance, social media, spinternet
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This Failed Revolution, Powered by Twitter: Revisiting the Recurring Themes of the Moldova Twitter Revolution, and Raising Some New Doubts
Will we remember the events that are now unfolding in Chisinau not by the color of the flags but by the social-networking technology used? — Evgeny Morozov, “Moldova’s Twitter Revolution,” April 7, 2009 Reviewing a sample of ten articles on … Continue reading
Posted in Political Events, Twitter
Tagged anarchy, Clay Shirky, Evgeny Morozov, globalization, Greece, Greek riots, HydePark, Moldova, Natalia Morar, power, protest, social media, ThinkMoldova, Twitter Revolution, youth
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Clay Shirky: 15 Points on the Web Revolution in Social Collaboration and Political Communication
Having viewed Clay Shirky’s presentation, “Protest Culture — Ad Hoc vs Institutional, and What it Means,” for which we had insufficient time in the seminar to critically discuss it, I decided to list what struck me as his “key points” … Continue reading
Posted in concepts, Theories
Tagged Clay Shirky, collaboration, collective action, conversation, sharing, social media
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