Arab Spring
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Uprisings, Politcal Movements, and More
- "To occupy Wall Street, occupy the Internet first"This Reuters article examines the use of social media to fuel and organize the Occupy Wall Street movement.
- Times Topics: Occupy Wall StreetAn archive of all of the New York Times articles about Occupy Wall Street as well as a list of resources from around the Web selected by researchers and editors of The New York Times.
- 9 Social Media Uprisings That Sought to Change the Word in 2011
- Arab Awakening TimelineProtests across North Africa and the Middle East gained steam after revolts toppled leaders in Tunisia and Egypt in early 2011. Track all of the unrest in this PBS interactive timeline.
- Hyper Cities EgyptGo back in time to explore an hour by hour collection of tweets from Tahrir Square.
- 12 Lessons from KONY 2012 from Social Media Power UsersA very interesting analysis of how to leverage social media for social change, and NOT always in a good way. This article describes techniques used in the effort to bring Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony to justice and free thousands of “invisible children.” The video went viral, but there are loads of questions about the organization's finances and its oversimplification of the issues.
Social Media Tools
- TwitterfallSee upcoming Twitter trends and patterns in real time. Search a keyword or even search by geolocation to see what people in a certain area are tweeting about.
- TwubsFind popular hashtags grouped by topic.
- What the TrendFind out what hashtags are trending all over the world.
- StorifyStorify lets you bundle up related tweets, Instragram photos, Facebook updates and other elements into one page. You can reorder events or add text to give your readers context. Follow stories from major news organizations, search for a term, or follow one of the trending terms from the home page to see what is currently being shared.
#Jan 25 Retweets on Twitter
This is a visual representation of the network of retweets with the hashtag #jan25 on February 11 2011 at the time of the announcement of Mubarak's resignation.
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