Comments for Pulsepolitics http://pulsepolitics.com How social media is changing politics Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:07:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 Comment on Rise of the 5th power: Facebook and the Colombian social movement. by volteretas http://pulsepolitics.com/2008/07/28/rise-of-the-5th-power-facebook-and-the-colombian-social-movement/#comment-36 volteretas Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:53:49 +0000 http://pulsepolitics.com/2008/07/28/rise-of-the-5th-power-facebook-and-the-colombian-social-movement/#comment-36 Tal vez sea interesante ver como este... "quinto poder" es influenciado por los medios de comunicación. Fíjate que el crecimiento del grupo fue aún mucho mayor después de que recibió cubrimiento periodístico. Por otra parte es bueno preguntarse si esta clase de fenómeno puede repetirse sin necesidad de que el catalizador sea un evento tan dramático. Tal vez sea interesante ver como este… “quinto poder” es influenciado por los medios de comunicación. Fíjate que el crecimiento del grupo fue aún mucho mayor después de que recibió cubrimiento periodístico. Por otra parte es bueno preguntarse si esta clase de fenómeno puede repetirse sin necesidad de que el catalizador sea un evento tan dramático.

]]> Comment on Rise of the 5th power: Facebook and the Colombian social movement. by Growing social networks globally: Latin America vs Asia - socialatom http://pulsepolitics.com/2008/07/28/rise-of-the-5th-power-facebook-and-the-colombian-social-movement/#comment-34 Growing social networks globally: Latin America vs Asia - socialatom Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:16:15 +0000 http://pulsepolitics.com/2008/07/28/rise-of-the-5th-power-facebook-and-the-colombian-social-movement/#comment-34 [...] significant event that helped the growth of facebook was the utilization of facebook as a tool for organizing a social movement. A group was created in facebook called 1 Million Voices against FARC (FARC is a marxist-guerrilla [...] […] significant event that helped the growth of facebook was the utilization of facebook as a tool for organizing a social movement. A group was created in facebook called 1 Million Voices against FARC (FARC is a marxist-guerrilla […]

]]> Comment on Rise of the 5th power: Facebook and the Colombian social movement. by Nohora Valencia http://pulsepolitics.com/2008/07/28/rise-of-the-5th-power-facebook-and-the-colombian-social-movement/#comment-33 Nohora Valencia Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:00:04 +0000 http://pulsepolitics.com/2008/07/28/rise-of-the-5th-power-facebook-and-the-colombian-social-movement/#comment-33 Common friends have common causes and qualities thats why groups grow at a a very high rate... China has restricted web sites as far as I heard from the olympics' news Common friends have common causes and qualities thats why groups grow at a a very high rate… China has restricted web sites as far as I heard from the olympics’ news

]]> Comment on Rise of the 5th power: Facebook and the Colombian social movement. by Vanessa_Peña http://pulsepolitics.com/2008/07/28/rise-of-the-5th-power-facebook-and-the-colombian-social-movement/#comment-32 Vanessa_Peña Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:59:25 +0000 http://pulsepolitics.com/2008/07/28/rise-of-the-5th-power-facebook-and-the-colombian-social-movement/#comment-32 It's amazing to see what you can do nowadays through the internet. 900 new members in less than 12 hours? Wow! Overwhelming joy!! That's all I can say to see how not only Colombians, but all people from all ethicities are now more socially conscious about what is happening not only in their home countries, but also have a global awareness and the willingness to join these type of groups to support these type of social causes. Thanks for the posting, very interesting article. It’s amazing to see what you can do nowadays through the internet. 900 new members in less than 12 hours? Wow! Overwhelming joy!! That’s all I can say to see how not only Colombians, but all people from all ethicities are now more socially conscious about what is happening not only in their home countries, but also have a global awareness and the willingness to join these type of groups to support these type of social causes.

Thanks for the posting, very interesting article.

]]> Comment on Rise of the 5th power: Facebook and the Colombian social movement. by nestorvperez http://pulsepolitics.com/2008/07/28/rise-of-the-5th-power-facebook-and-the-colombian-social-movement/#comment-31 nestorvperez Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:01:32 +0000 http://pulsepolitics.com/2008/07/28/rise-of-the-5th-power-facebook-and-the-colombian-social-movement/#comment-31 I think this NYT article is very relevant to your question http://tinyurl.com/chinanyt I think this NYT article is very relevant to your question http://tinyurl.com/chinanyt

]]> Comment on Rise of the 5th power: Facebook and the Colombian social movement. by nestorvperez http://pulsepolitics.com/2008/07/28/rise-of-the-5th-power-facebook-and-the-colombian-social-movement/#comment-30 nestorvperez Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:21:21 +0000 http://pulsepolitics.com/2008/07/28/rise-of-the-5th-power-facebook-and-the-colombian-social-movement/#comment-30 Very interesting point you bring up. I think that topic should be explored in a future post. Social media is definitely changing politics worldwide. Very interesting point you bring up. I think that topic should be explored in a future post. Social media is definitely changing politics worldwide.

]]> Comment on Rise of the 5th power: Facebook and the Colombian social movement. by Transhumante http://pulsepolitics.com/2008/07/28/rise-of-the-5th-power-facebook-and-the-colombian-social-movement/#comment-29 Transhumante Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:41:26 +0000 http://pulsepolitics.com/2008/07/28/rise-of-the-5th-power-facebook-and-the-colombian-social-movement/#comment-29 Very concise and precise analysis about this topic. The influence of Internet in social movements like the ones illustrated about Colombia and Cuba and the consolidation of the well named "5th power" seems like an unstoppable force around the world. I heard that China has now more Internet users than USA, would be this 5th power able to change the way to do politics in China? Very concise and precise analysis about this topic. The influence of Internet in social movements like the ones illustrated about Colombia and Cuba and the consolidation of the well named “5th power” seems like an unstoppable force around the world.

I heard that China has now more Internet users than USA, would be this 5th power able to change the way to do politics in China?

]]> Comment on NJ, More then just great tomatos, smoke stacks and Newark. by Transhumante http://pulsepolitics.com/2008/04/22/nj-more-then-just-great-tomatos-smoke-stakes-and-newark/#comment-16 Transhumante Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:59:57 +0000 http://pulsepolitics.com/2008/04/22/nj-more-then-just-great-tomatos-smoke-stakes-and-newark/#comment-16 Actually the boundaries between phone and internet are rapidly disappearing. Each day more people is adopting the VoIP phones or doing voice calls using popular services like Yahoo or Skype and traditional companies are adopting more digital standards. With the fast adoption of the technology there is no going to be much difference between phone or Internet based communications and then this legal discussion and normative agenda about privacy on internet communication should continue very actively. Even the difference between TV and Internet are going to disappear in some point; many companies like Comcast or AT&T are offering many choices where everything is going digital. Technological speaking this digital world will allow to know exactly what we see (TV or Internet), who we talk to (voice or written communications), what we talk, who we know (on-line communities), what we do (our own agendas are some where in the web) at the point that some body having access to that data almost can infers what we think. It sounds scary but it is a reality; last year an article in blog.wired.com called the attention (http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/10/att-invents-pro.html) about a programming language invented by AT&T for Mass Surveillance originally intended for "marketing" research but actually useful for effective surveillance intelligence. Well the omnipresent digital technology is already everywhere and we are adopting at a very fast pace. Now the question is how fast and how appropriately our legislators around the nation (an the globe) would be able to assimilate this new reality and adjust our state and federal legislations to protect our fundamental principals of freedom, democracy and privacy. This New Jersey Court ruling is a late call in the sense that something must be done about privacy in this digital age, let's hope to see more efforts in this field sooner than later. Actually the boundaries between phone and internet are rapidly disappearing. Each day more people is adopting the VoIP phones or doing voice calls using popular services like Yahoo or Skype and traditional companies are adopting more digital standards. With the fast adoption of the technology there is no going to be much difference between phone or Internet based communications and then this legal discussion and normative agenda about privacy on internet communication should continue very actively.

Even the difference between TV and Internet are going to disappear in some point; many companies like Comcast or AT&T are offering many choices where everything is going digital. Technological speaking this digital world will allow to know exactly what we see (TV or Internet), who we talk to (voice or written communications), what we talk, who we know (on-line communities), what we do (our own agendas are some where in the web) at the point that some body having access to that data almost can infers what we think.

It sounds scary but it is a reality; last year an article in blog.wired.com called the attention (http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/10/att-invents-pro.html) about a programming language invented by AT&T for Mass Surveillance originally intended for “marketing” research but actually useful for effective surveillance intelligence.

Well the omnipresent digital technology is already everywhere and we are adopting at a very fast pace. Now the question is how fast and how appropriately our legislators around the nation (an the globe) would be able to assimilate this new reality and adjust our state and federal legislations to protect our fundamental principals of freedom, democracy and privacy.

This New Jersey Court ruling is a late call in the sense that something must be done about privacy in this digital age, let’s hope to see more efforts in this field sooner than later.

]]> Comment on Web 2.0: Hookers get it! by Transhumante http://pulsepolitics.com/2008/04/10/web-20-hookers-get-it/#comment-9 Transhumante Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:33:00 +0000 http://pulsepolitics.com/2008/04/10/web-20-hookers-get-it/#comment-9 It is true that many terrorist groups are using the Internet and the Web2.0 as a "safe" way of propaganda and promotion of their "ideology" sometimes faster than the good boys. As an example the Colombian terrorist group Farc maintain a very active presence in the web and some forum participants in the main news paper of Colombia recently have indicated that Farc has developed a well trained "cyber-militia" dedicated to post comments anti-goverment and pro Farc in that web media outlet. It is true that many terrorist groups are using the Internet and the Web2.0 as a “safe” way of propaganda and promotion of their “ideology” sometimes faster than the good boys. As an example the Colombian terrorist group Farc maintain a very active presence in the web and some forum participants in the main news paper of Colombia recently have indicated that Farc has developed a well trained “cyber-militia” dedicated to post comments anti-goverment and pro Farc in that web media outlet.

]]> Comment on Web 2.0: Hookers get it! by Kevin http://pulsepolitics.com/2008/04/10/web-20-hookers-get-it/#comment-6 Kevin Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:39:02 +0000 http://pulsepolitics.com/2008/04/10/web-20-hookers-get-it/#comment-6 Thanks for the link... Look at terrorist groups. They have a better grasp of viral video, online communication, and other modern technology than some of the people trying to catch them. Allegedly some planning has been done on baseball message boards speaking in code. It is amazing the ways social media can be leveraged and exploited. Thanks for the link… Look at terrorist groups. They have a better grasp of viral video, online communication, and other modern technology than some of the people trying to catch them. Allegedly some planning has been done on baseball message boards speaking in code.

It is amazing the ways social media can be leveraged and exploited.

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