The Changing Face of Activism: the Impact of Technology and New Media

53
The Changing Face of Activism The Impact of Technology and New Media by Evgeny Morozov May 23, 2008

description

a presentation by Evgeny Morozov at the World Animal Forum 2008

Transcript of The Changing Face of Activism: the Impact of Technology and New Media

  • 1. The Changing Face of Activism The Impact of Technology and New Media by Evgeny Morozov May 23, 2008

2. 3. 4. Somebody writes all those blogs! 5. ...and somebody reads them! 6. Why should you care? 7. Why micro-publishing matters 8. It's easier to get your stories out! 9. From Individuals to Networks 10. 11. 12. 13. From cloud computing to cloud campaigningprobably 95% of your campaigning can be done with existing online tools; don't build new ones!!! 14. Maps Mash-ups: case-study 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. ...and 1412 more mash-ups with Google Maps ...336with Flickr ...239 with YouTube 26. Don't only think in terms of web-sites!!! 27. Ringtones 28. Lifestyle-trackers 29. ~ 3,3 billion mobile phone subscribers globallyThe rising role of mobile activism 30. More than 1,1 billion sold last year worldwide 31. 97% of people surveyed in Tanzania said they could access a mobile phone, while just 28% could access a land line phone... 32. Young people in the US 4.2% more likely to vote after an SMS reminder 33. Global New Year's SMS traffic: 43 billion messages, 30% upfrom last year 34. Kenya : only 19% of the country's 36 million people are reached bytraditional banking institutions. BUT virtually have access to the mobile phone. 35. 36. 37. SMS the word 'HIV' to 31771 followed by their post code or town name. Their two nearest testing locations will be SMS'ed back. 38. 39. EpiSurveyor is a free, open source tool enabling anyone to very easily create a handheld data entry form, collect data on a mobile device, and then transfer the data back to a desktop or laptop for analysis 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. Leverage your community: crowdsource 46. What is crowdsourcing? ...the act of taking a task traditionally performed by an employee or contractor, and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people, in the form of an open call 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. Abandoning the Old Model 52. From networks of sympathizers to networks of activists 53.