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Chapter Excerpt: How Digital Activism Empowers Existing Elites

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Yesterday we posted an excerpt of the chapter I wrote for our new book on MAP, and below is an excerpt (See here for original post).

NOTE: On June 1st we’ll be posting a free downloadable copy of our new book Digital Activism Decoded and on July 1st the paper [...]

HubSpot TV and discussion on Digital Activism, Social Media and Girls in Tech

I was on the 6 November episode of HubSpot TV discussing social media news, DigiActive/digital activism and Girls in Tech.

You can get the full show notes on the [...]

DigiActive Policy Memo to the US Helsinki Commission

Policy Memo for the US Helsinki Commission: In the digital age, where a “good” is a string of code that can be delivered anywhere in the world with the click of a mouse, even today’s smart sanctions are not smart enough. By preventing access to blogging platforms, social networks, and other types of new media, current embargo policies harm the very activists who are furthering our common goals of democracy promotion, while leaving authoritarian governments free to spread propaganda through a range of state-controlled media outlets. [...]

Digital Activism Book: Chapter Abstract

I’m in the last stages of writing a chapter for a book on Digital Activism that’s being written by a really great group of colleagues, such as Patrick Meier, Gaurav Mishra, Mary Joyce, and Tim Hwang (among others).  I thought I’d lay out my outline for now, as I’m working through it.

Please let me know your [...]

DigiActive: R@D Digital Activism Survey

Our goal in creating this survey was to collect the first international demographic data on the new group we call “digital activists”: people who use digital technology as part of grassroots campaigns for social and political change. [...]

Pop!Tech post: DigiActive and social tools for social change

A write up on digital activism and DigiActive as an organization.

In recent months, there’s been a marked increase in the mentions of how social media tools have been used around the world to enhance social activism either on a small scale, such as campaigning to free locally-jailed individuals, as was the case with “Free Jestina Mukoko” [...]

DigiActive Post: Moldovan Protests – Was it really a “Twitter Revolution”?

A synopsis of the social media impact on the protests in Moldova that occurred in early April 2009.

source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/creepysleepy/3429118253/

Since Tuesday’s protests and riots in the Moldovan capital Chisinau, there has been much analysis on how this group of protesters was formed.  Initial reports focused primarily on the use of Twitter, while paying scant reference [...]

DigiActive Post: Guide – Quick ‘n Easy Guide to Online Advocacy

Title: Quick ‘n Easy Guide to Online Advocacy

Author: Tactical Technology Collective

Published By: Collective Commons (2009)

What is it?: This guide offers ways to use social networking and web 2.0 tools to improve advocacy campaigns.  It aims to expose advocates to online services that are quick to use and easy to understand.

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DigiActive Post: Campaign – Homeless Nation offers a place to tell stories and interact

Description: Homeless Nation was started by Daniel Cross, a documentary filmmaker who has highlighted Canada’s homeless population in several of his films. While gathering thousands of stories given by the homeless, most of which wouldn’t fit into the films, Cross envisioned a space where these reports wouldn’t be lost……

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DigiActive Post: Book Review – Activists and Innovation

Please visit the DigiActive blog for a book review of Market Rebels: How Activists Make or Break Radical Innovations, by [...]