Occupy Wall Street Word Cloud: What Are The Protests About? When protesters first gained attention for camping out in Manhattan's Zuccotti Park, pundits and politicians were constantly asking what Occupy Wall Street was really about? Though the group has a semi-official answer, their internet presence may reveal more about what's at stake for the protesters.
Using the text of 259 Facebook groups associated with Occupy Wall Street (13 Events, 9 Groups, 237 Pages), The Huffington Post has produced a word cloud representing the words that Occupy Wall Street organizers are using to describe themselves on the social networking site. In our word cloud, created using Wordle, the more a word is used, the larger it appears on the cloud. The popularity of the word "movement" and absence of the word "party" supports the idea that the group sees itself as a movement, not a political party. The popularity of the words "greed" and "corruption" reflects some of why they're coming together. Look at the graphic below to see how the group describes itself. Occupy Wall Street Pushes Social Media in New Directions. Interviews Published on October 13th, 2011 | by Tina Casey As the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations unfold, Twitter has established itself as an important form of social media for communicating about the movement, just as it has done during the course of the Arab Spring uprisings.
However, if you go and take a look at what is actually happening on the ground, a more full picture of the impact of Internet-based communication emerges. CleanTechnica visited Occupy Wall Street at Zuccotti Park in Manhattan earlier this week, and this is what we found. Communicating Occupy Wall Street Globally with Images While tweets are pure language, photos break down the language barrier, and cameras are very much in evidence at Zuccotti Park (by the way, “park” is something of a misnomer; Zuccotti Park is a, small, narrow fully paved plaza wedged between tall office buildings, punctuated by raised beds that contain modestly sized trees). Using Photos to Share Messages Occupy Wall Street and Facebook. Un "ministère" américain qui comprend les médias sociaux.
Global protests. Social Media: 4. Political Uses and Implications for Representative Democracy-2010-10E. 1 Introduction Social media offer innovative opportunities for political actors, political institutions and the public to interact with one another. Drawing on examples from Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom, this paper outlines how social media are currently being used in the political arena. It also discusses benefits and risks that have been attributed to the use of social media for political purposes, and explores the implications that the use of these technologies may have for representative democracy. 2 Political Uses of Social Media 2.1 Politicians and Political Parties Social media are becoming increasingly popular among politicians and their organizations as a means to disseminate political messages, learn about the interests and needs of constituents and the broader public, raise funds, and build networks of support.
All four political parties represented in Canada’s parliament have accounts on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and Flickr. 2.2 Civil Society.