article thumbnail

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

Bang the Table

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. community members have started their own website, taking petitions door to door, leafleting the neighborhood and holding meetings in the park.

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.