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This article talks about the use of social media in promoting "socially good" organizations. It seems like in this increasingly technological world, the new form of activism particularly transnational activism is through the use of social media. I particularly thought the first part of the article was interesting about crowdsourcing and how social media can be used to appeal to people all around the world and raise awareness about issues that most people may never have heard about. I particularly thought is was cool how they were able to coordinate people from Israel, Palestine and Jordan to collaborate with one another.
This article talks about the use of social media in promoting "socially good" organizations. It seems like in this increasingly technological world, the new form of activism particularly transnational activism is through the use of social media. I particularly thought the first part of the article was interesting about crowdsourcing and how social media can be used to appeal to people all around the world and raise awareness about issues that most people may never have heard about. I particularly thought is was cool how they were able to coordinate people from Israel, Palestine and Jordan to collaborate with one another.
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