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Social Media for Social Good: What role does social media play in creation of and sustainability of social movements? A Social Movement Case Study Examining Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party.

Public Policy Blog

Not surprisingly, there is growing scholarly interest in the mediation of activism and political campaigning. 2013; Bennett, Breunig, & Givens, 2008). With the arrival of globally accessible publishing, freedom of speech is now freedom of the press and freedom of the press is freedom of assembly” (Shirky 2008, p.

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Using Data to Prevent the Loss of Home Equity in New York City

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

22 It grants co-owners a right of first refusal to buy out the petitioning owner’s share within 45 days before considering a partition in kind (physical division of the property) or a partition by sale of the property. Our data can help that outreach be more effective by identifying at risk households for targeted outreach campaigns.