Remove Communications Remove Petition Remove Social Media
article thumbnail

Is it really a hostile community or is it a community reacting with hostility?

Bang the Table

Reciprocity is also a feature of hostility, which can result in escalating conflict, both in how people communicate and how we behave. We can’t leave social media out of this discussion as it is such an easy and instantaneous way to share both information and anger. the media is calling for resignations.

article thumbnail

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

As more of the world becomes connected online, revolutionaries across the globe are being empowered like never before although not all are successful as sustaining the movement the use of information communication technologies (ICT) are critical in developing and executing modern social movements.