Pulsepolitics // How social media is changing politics

// 07.28.2008 at 9:54 pm // 7 Comments »

Rise of the 5th power: Facebook and the Colombian social movement.

The Protests against the FARC in Colombia on February 4, 2008 drew millions of Colombians in over 27 cities in the country and in over 104 worldwide.
The protest in Colombia turned out to be the biggest in the country’s history “The national police operations commander, General José Riano, said an estimated 4.8 million people turned […]

// Tagged terrorism, protest, social movement, Featured

// 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

// 05.02.2008 at 2:58 pm // Have your say »

The mechanics of grassroots censorship.

I am constantly rambling that the internet is not necessarily a good thing for democracy. I believe, and here reiterate, that the web is just another social tool like the radio, television, book or telephone. What is novel about the web is that it has broken the strangle hold that the corporate world has had […]

// Tagged social movement, democracy, 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

// 04.10.2008 at 12:35 pm // 2 Comments »

Web 2.0: Hookers get it!

    At last weekend’s Bar Camp Orlando, Andres, Gabriella and I gave a presentation in which we claimed that the social web has broad significance for social movements and political demonstrations. One of our claims was/is that large organizations and governments have been unable to capitalize on the social web while small groups and […]

// Tagged 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 […]

// Tagged protest, social movement, mobile, Featured

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