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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

Social Media Definitions. Because social media can increase the perceived social and public equity, users are more likely to engage in active participation. In the past there was nowhere for this kind of sentiment to go. Now it collects, solidifies and expresses itself online. Bloggers tap into it to gain a following and serve demand.

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Have a laugh and learn all about ‘The G Word,’ a comedy docuseries about our government

Partnership for Public Service

That was definitely my favorite story. And John Adam and I had to really petition them. Do some of this, how can government get better at storytelling and engaging better and using humor and so on? And they would be happiest if we all never lost our money or like never had the…. Loren DeJonge Schulman: Never see them.

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Privatization of municipal utility systems (water mostly)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Towamencin Township residents organize a petition drive to create a November ballot measure to change the township's charter in response to the town's decision to sell its public sewer system for $115.3 Definitely the sales will result in higher bills. million to NextEra Water, a private Florida company.