[Wamvan] Cute Cats and the Arab Spring: When Social Media Meet Social Change

[Natalie Hill]

This looks awesome.  And it's FREE!

To reserve a seat go to:
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Cute Cats and the Arab Spring: When Social Media Meet Social Change

Dialogue with Ethan Zuckerman at the Chan Centre for the Perming Arts (UBC)

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Cute Cats and the Arab Spring: When Social Media Meet Social Change Ethan
Zuckerman, Director, Center for Civic Media, MIT Sunday, Nov 20, 2011, 7pm,
Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, UBC FREE. To reserve a seat, go to
www.VancouverHumanRightsLecture.eventbrite.com<
http://www.VancouverHumanRightsLecture.eventbrite.com>****

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Activists around the world are turning to social media tools usually used
for more pedestrian purposes: the sharing of family videos and videos of
cats flushing toilets. But these tools can be extremely powerful in the
hands of activists, as they are pervasive, easy to use and difficult for
governments to censor.****

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In the 2011 Vancouver Human Rights Lecture, Ethan Zuckerman looks at "the
cute cat theory" of internet activism, as it helps explain the Arab Spring
protests, aggressive internet censorship in countries like China and
Vietnam, and the challenges for the corporate owners of social media
platforms in an era of online speech.****

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Ethan Zuckerman is director of the Center for Civic Media at MIT, and a
principal research scientist at MIT's Media Lab. His research focuses on the
distribution of attention in mainstream and new media, the use of technology
for international development, and the use of new media technologies by
activists.****

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With Rebecca MacKinnon, Ethan co-founded international blogging community
Global Voices. Global Voices showcases news and opinions from citizen media
in over 150 nations and thirty languages, publishing editions in twenty
languages. Through Global Voices and through the Berkman Center for Internet
and Society at Harvard University, where he served as a researcher and
fellow for eight years, Ethan is active in efforts to promote freedom of
expression and fight censorship in online spaces.****

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In 2000, Ethan founded Geekcorps, a technology volunteer corps that sends IT
specialists to work on projects in developing nations, with a focus on West
Africa. Previously Ethan helped found Tripod.com, one of the web's first
"personal publishing" sites. He blogs at http://ethanzuckerman.com/blog and
lives in the Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts, USA with his
wife, son and a small, fluffy cat.****

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The 2011 Vancouver Human Rights Lecture will be hosted by Paul Kennedy and
recorded for future broadcast on the CBC Radio One program Ideas.****

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The 2011 Vancouver Human Rights Lecture is presented by the Laurier
Institution, Yahoo!, UBC Continuing Studies and CBC Radio One.****

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