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Activism facilitated by theInternet .
Etymologies
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Examples
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One of the reasons I'd like to see that timeline of the nail house virus spreading on the Chinese side of the internet is because I don't embrace the term "cyberactivism" easily, and I don't know if that's what this was.
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Around 50 people gathered for Barcamp Transparency at the Oxford University Club last Sunday to discuss issues of transparency in open government, social media and cyberactivism.
Global Voices in English » United Kingdom: Barcamp Transparency in Oxford 2009
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He also blames this "cronyism" in part on access, which may be somewhat true but doesn't explain the true dynamics, which are far more complex in that they are related to the nature of networks and cyberactivism as it developed in Egypt.
Courtney C. Radsch: Egyptian Blogger Sentenced by Military Rulers Amid Accusations of Human Rights "Cronyism" Courtney C. Radsch 2011
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Yet Egypt's cyberactivst community has also come under criticism for failing to galvanize opposition around his case as they have around the arrest and imprisonment of one of the grandfathers of Egyptian cyberactivism, Alaa Abdel Fattah, leading to accusations of "human rights cronyism."
Courtney C. Radsch: Egyptian Blogger Sentenced by Military Rulers Amid Accusations of Human Rights "Cronyism" Courtney C. Radsch 2011
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I have similarly written before about the unequal coverage given to highly connected cyberactivists in the post, "Meditations on journalism, cyberactivism and my research", and my PhD dissertation.
Courtney C. Radsch: Egyptian Blogger Sentenced by Military Rulers Amid Accusations of Human Rights "Cronyism" Courtney C. Radsch 2011
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Sunday to discuss issues of transparency in open government, social media and cyberactivism.
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Sunday to discuss issues of transparency in open government, social media and cyberactivism.
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Both cyberactivism and online participation raise awareness of the public's needs that are currently being undermined in the industry's economic interests.
Global Voices in English » Brazil: Fighting for more recycling with the Electronic Waste Manifesto 2009
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The idea for BarCamp Transparency arose in April during a session at BarCamp Apache Oxford on cyberactivism that demonstrated substantial interest from attendees in discussing everything related to privacy online.
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Barcamp Transparency was only the beginning of a discussion about open government, social media, and cyberactivism ethics.
Global Voices in English » United Kingdom: Barcamp Transparency in Oxford 2009
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