Comments on: Twitter’s utility for protests, now evident in Iran, debuted in St. Paul during RNC http://minnesotaindependent.com/37426/twitter-iran-rnc-st-paul-revolution News. Politics. Media. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:31:12 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Nigel Parry http://minnesotaindependent.com/37426/twitter-iran-rnc-st-paul-revolution/comment-page-1#comment-32640 Nigel Parry Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:41:56 +0000 http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=37426#comment-32640 It seems like every 10 years there's a leap in technology appropriation by activists. The first time e-mail was used as key protest information media was during the Tiananmen Square protests in China in 1989, two decades ago. The first time the Web was used as an alternative news tool by activists was during the September 1996 Clashes in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. And social media, aka Twitter, finally rose up and dominated activist communications during the 2008 RNC. An archive of 2008 RNC Twitter feeds can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/rnc2008twitter It seems like every 10 years there’s a leap in technology appropriation by activists.

The first time e-mail was used as key protest information media was during the Tiananmen Square protests in China in 1989, two decades ago.

The first time the Web was used as an alternative news tool by activists was during the September 1996 Clashes in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

And social media, aka Twitter, finally rose up and dominated activist communications during the 2008 RNC.

An archive of 2008 RNC Twitter feeds can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/rnc2008twitter

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