From the beginning, my group for Dr. Wesch's Mediated culture class has been interested in studying social movements. We want to know the extent in which online movements become offline. Originally the plan was to study mediated culture within England because we have a known contact with a background in that location. Although, the pervasive concept of studying "social movement" drastically warped our original plan of research.
Our first group meeting occurred last week, and during our conversation we became captivated by the Egyptian Revolution that was stimulated by the events in Tunisia. Through our research, we discovered this article that describes how the Tunisia Revolution began. One of the major factors in the revolution was breaking the barrier of the media blackout. This article provides a perfect description of the origin, and we intend to further study the development/cause/effect. There now exists a research wiki and a diggo group for this project.
We live in a world where the online/offline dynamic can create this:
What does it really mean to be mediated? What does the click of a mouse button do?
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Comment By Kayla: The revolution starts with a click of the mouse by bringing together a group of people behind the doors of technology no doubt, but it is not until the safety in numbers is felt that the revolution moves to the streets with demands being made. That is when the real work is done. Safety and power is felt by the human soul when it is many.
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