Media", 2014). This is a futile sample of the risk social media misinformation can lead to. Hysteria is hard to reign in after unleashed. Zeynep Tufekci, Techno-sociologist, about online social activism. She explains that involvement is easy to organize through social media, but hard to win. Tufekci shows the power of Twitter in a protest she studied. While this Gezi park demonstration was happening, CNN Turkey was censoring it by showing a penguin documentary; however, CNN International was broadcasting it. One upset viewer took a picture of the side-by-side screens and Tweeted it. Furthermore, those present at the protest were taking pictures, posting them to Twitter and undermining the censorship as well. The news was being passed through social media. Tufekci points out the multitudes of stories across Italy, Spain, Greece, Hong Kong and further across the world; all using the Internet to publicize the protests. Tufekci enlightens the topic by pointing out how outcomes are not really “their proportional to the size and energy they inspired” (Tufekci, 2014). She believes that the values once used in protests like the 1955 Civil Rights protest are lacking. She feels that, while efforts and issues are worthy of protest, the effectiveness is that capacity to work together, think “in together collectively, which can only be built over time with a lot of work” (Tufekci, 2014). A prime example of this is a protest that began in 2011 from in a small plaza Occupy Wall Street, called Zuccotti Park, in Lower Manhattan. This obscure movement caught media wildfire over 951 cities in 82 countries. The message stated the inequality of the 99% robbed by the 1% of millionaires and billionaires (Earle, 2012, p. 6). It inspired protests, walkouts and arrests without any known demands or goals. While it was an historical and memorable event, it did not obtain any long-term objectives. As evidence shows many times over, the engine of social media is
Media", 2014). This is a futile sample of the risk social media misinformation can lead to. Hysteria is hard to reign in after unleashed. Zeynep Tufekci, Techno-sociologist, about online social activism. She explains that involvement is easy to organize through social media, but hard to win. Tufekci shows the power of Twitter in a protest she studied. While this Gezi park demonstration was happening, CNN Turkey was censoring it by showing a penguin documentary; however, CNN International was broadcasting it. One upset viewer took a picture of the side-by-side screens and Tweeted it. Furthermore, those present at the protest were taking pictures, posting them to Twitter and undermining the censorship as well. The news was being passed through social media. Tufekci points out the multitudes of stories across Italy, Spain, Greece, Hong Kong and further across the world; all using the Internet to publicize the protests. Tufekci enlightens the topic by pointing out how “their outcomes are not really proportional to the size and energy they inspired” (Tufekci, 2014). She believes that the values once used in protests like the 1955 Civil Rights protest are lacking. She feels that, while efforts and issues are worthy of protest, the effectiveness is “in that capacity to work together, think together collectively, which can only be built over time with a lot of work” (Tufekci, 2014). A prime example of this is Occupy Wall Street, a protest that began in 2011 from in a small plaza called Zuccotti Park, in Lower Manhattan. This obscure movement caught media wildfire over 951 cities in 82 countries. The message stated the inequality of the 99% robbed by the 1% of millionaires and billionaires (Earle, 2012, p. 6). It inspired protests, walkouts and arrests without any known demands or goals. While it was an historical and memorable event, it did not obtain any long-term objectives. As evidence shows many times over, the engine of social media is
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