Pulsepolitics // How social media is changing politics

// 05.08.2008 at 2:13 pm // Have your say »

Blogging threatens Castro’s control of media in Cuba

Generacion Y is a blog ran by cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez that recently made it to Time Magazine Top 100 most influential people.
More important, under the nose of a regime that has never tolerated dissent, Sánchez has practiced what paper-bound journalists in her country cannot: freedom of speech. The pieces she has been clandestinely sending […]

// Tagged social movement, Featured

// 04.15.2008 at 1:37 am // Have your say »

Terrorist Jihad 2.0: Part 1

This is a subject that requires a more in-depth analysis and I will probably cover it across the span of several posts.  It has been reported widely on how effective terrorist groups are using the internet to operate, but mostly, for recruitment or social media terrorist marketing.  Kevin from buzznetworker prompted us to look into these groups […]

// Tagged terrorism, social movement, Featured

// 04.09.2008 at 4:54 pm // Have your say »

Olympic Torch - as it happens on web 2.0

As the torch-run reaches its end, it’s interesting to see that as CNN reports the events from helicopters far away, protesters are using twitter to update events minute by minute, giving orders as where to go and organize, within minutes they are alerted of changes.Photostream for the olympic torch. These pictures show both protesters and […]

// Tagged protest, social movement, mobile, Featured

// 04.08.2008 at 5:02 pm // Have your say »

Mobilization 2.0: The Olympic Torch Protests

Protesters in San Francisco are already mobilizing for the olympic torch tomorrow, and they are using web 2.0 to its fullest extent. Tomorrow the Olympic torch will be heading towards San Francisco, its only stop in the U.S.
Already there have been protests as the torch passed through london and paris. In london, the torch […]

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