Monthly Archives: July 2008

NGOs: Start Your Media Streams!

Written by jessica. Posted on July 31, 2008. Filed under Uncategorized. Tagged , . No comments.
Editors from global citizen journalism and opinion sites are looking for contributors from the Middle East. New journalists and writers practice their craft writing for these sites while also getting the reinforcement of seeing something “in print” and reaching wide audiences. There’s no reason NGOs can’t also become citizen media organizations and make it a part [...]

A to Z of Web 2.0 for Social Change: F

Written by jessica. Posted on July 24, 2008. Filed under Uncategorized. Tagged , , , , , , . 1 Comment.
F for Facebook: Facebook is a social network to connect people and help facilitate communication and information sharing among its huge base of members. It is a very popular social network worldwide. Facebook’s initial purpose is not for the promotion of activism and social change. However, non-profit organizations can leverage facebook’s popularity and increase membership in [...]

A to Z of Web 2.0 for Social Change: E

Written by jessica. Posted on July 24, 2008. Filed under Uncategorized. Tagged , , , , , , . No comments.
E for E-Democracy: E-Democracy is one of the main Web 2.0 characteristics, and it is presented in different technologies, mainly reviews and ratings. E-Democracy allows people to cast their votes and opinions about websites, blogs, products and services. Even Google algorithm took this trend into consideration, when they considered the inbound links to certain websites a “vote” for [...]

Web 2.0 and Oppression: How to Bypass Censorship

Written by jessica. Posted on July 23, 2008. Filed under Uncategorized. Tagged , , , , , . 3 Comments.
Remarkable is the power of Web 2.0 in helping alter the status quo of suppressed activists around the world. Social media is opening the eyes of the public on several issues by generating a huge flow of information, initiating counteraction from hegemonic regimes that may find certain ‘novel’ thoughts a threat to the continuity of [...]

Web 2.0 Interview on RadioScope!

Written by jessica. Posted on July 23, 2008. Filed under Uncategorized. Tagged , , , . No comments.
We hope that you switched to 100.9 and 101.3 on the FM dial and heard our chat with Rania Youness on Radioscope earlier today on the morning show. We discussed RSS feeds and aggregators–really simple syndication or rich site summary: a web feed that you can use to syndicate frequently updated content from blogs and [...]