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Blogs/Social Media and Revolutions

Blogs and social media have been used to start and transform social movements/revolutions and connect people all over the world. Here we examine five examples of BSM social movements: Brexit Vote, House of Representatives Sit-In, Black Lives Matter, Ukraine Revolution: #Euromaidan, Arab Springs Uprising, and Occupy Wall Street.

 

British vote to leave European Union (Referred to as Brexit):

  • The New York Times—‘Brexit’ Talk on Social Media Favored the ‘Leave’ Side
  • BBC—5 Social Media Trends After Brexit Vote
  • The New York Times—‘Brexit’ Debate Even Divides Cats (and Dogs) on Twitter
  • NPR—Shock, Rage And Gallows Humor: A Brexit Backlash On Social Media
  • CNN—Disbelief, shock on social media as Brexit is confirmed
  • Slate—Brexit: How much of a generation gap is there?
  • Slate—What Brexit Looks Like to the Rest of Europe
  • Attn—Donald Trump Tweets About Brexit

 

#NoBillNoBreak House of Representatives Sit-In

  • NBC News—How Social Media, Live Video Fueled House Lawmakers’ Sit-In
  • The Observer—#NoBillNoBreak—How Political Strategy Met Social Media in the House of Reps
    • #NoBillNoBreak Twitter Infographic illustrating how conversation on social media unfolded
  • The Wall Street Journal—With TV Cameras Off, House Democrats Broadcast Their Own Sit-In
  • CBS News—#NoBillNoBreak: The revolution will be live streamed
  • Deadline—“Social Media Told Our Story,” Rep. John Lewis Says As He Ends House Democrats’ Gun Control Sit-In
  • Salon—Live-streaming a movement: The Democratic sit-in shows how technology has made American politics more transparent
  • The New York Times—C-Span Delivers on Sit-In, Even With Cameras Off

 

Black Lives Matter

  • Wired—Social Media Helps Black Lives Matter Fight the Power
  • Daily Beast –Officers Fired for Anti-Black Lives Matter Social Media
  • The New Yorker—The Matter of Black Lives
  • The New York Times—‘Our Demand Is Simple: Stop Killing Us’
  • CNN—The Disruptors
  • The Washington Post—Black Lives Matter Leaders Vow to Continue the Movement
  • NPR—Public Figures Struggle With Social Media Boundaries After Dallas Shooting
  • The New Yorker—After Dallas, The Future of Black Lives Matter
  • USA Today—Obama calls for mutual respect from Black Lives Matter and police
  • NPR—Dallas Shooting Adds to Pessimism on Social Media

 

Ukraine Revolution: #Euromaidan

  • The Huffington Post—Tweeting the Revolution: Social Media Use and the #Euromaidan Protests
  • The Washington Post—Social Networks and Social Media in Ukrainian “Euromaidan” Protests
  • Bloomberg—A Look at Ukraine’s Social Media Revolution (video)
  • Forbes—If You Doubt That Social Media Has Changed The World, Take A Look At Ukraine
  • National Geographic—The Twitter War: Social Media’s Role in Ukraine Unrest

 

Arab Springs Uprising

  • Wired—Social Media Made the Arab Spring, But Couldn’t Save It
  • Mic—Twitter Revolution: How the Arab Spring Was Helped By Social Media
  • The Pew Research Center—The Role of Social Media in the Arab Uprisings
  • The Huffington Post—Social Media: Enemy of the State or Power to the People?
  • The Guardian—Egypt five years on: was it ever a ‘social media revolution’?
  • The Huffington Post—From Arab Spring to Autumn Rage: The Dark Power of Social Media
  • The Huffington Post—Changing the Face(book) of Social Activism
  • The Huffington Post—Social Media Can Help Build Arab Governments Too
  • The Atlantic—So, Was Facebook Responsible for the Arab Spring After All?
  • The Guardian—The truth about Twitter, Facebook and the uprisings in the Arab world
  • AlJazzera—Taking power through technology in the Arab Spring
  • Institutional Investor—From Egypt to Ukraine, Social Media Now Allows You to Share Revolution
  • Stanford—The Impact of Social Media on Social Unrest in the Arab Spring

 

Occupy Wall Street

Twitter account: @OccupyWallSt

  • Technology Review—The Anatomy of the Occupy Wall Street Movement on Twitter
  • The Huffington Post—Occupy Wall Street: Social Media’s Role In Social Change
  • The New York Times—Protesters Look for Ways to Feed the Web
  • CBS News—Occupy Wall Street uses social media to spread nationwide
  • The Economist—#Occupytheweb
  • Reuters—From a single hashtag, a protest circled the world
  • The Huffington Post—Occupying Wall Street 140 Characters at a Time
  • The New York Times—Occupy Wall Street Activists File Suit Over Control of Twitter Account
  • Plos One Journal—The Digital Evolution of Occupy Wall Street
  • UNC Paper—Occupy Online: Facebook and the Spread of Occupy Wall Street

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