Iran Feature: As Strong as Our Signal --- Social Media and Activism (Mostatabi)
Saturday, April 16, 2011 at 7:31
Scott Lucas in EA Iran, Facebook, Journalism and Media, Mana Mostatabi, Middle East and Iran, One Million Signatures Campaign, Parvin Ardalan, Social Media

How can we, as an ever expanding internet network of activists, reach beyond the limitations of traditional activism, and the almost too limitless and too cluttered world of online activism, to find an effective way to take online action in a way that will affect real life change? How can we mitigate the tug of war for our attention, the broadcasts shoved into our faces, the murky, polluted stream of information, and realize that for all our good intentions, fascinating stories, and revs to action, we – our stories, our aspirations, our movements – remain only as strong as our signal?

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