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Social Media for Social Good: What role does social media play in creation of and sustainability of social movements? A Social Movement Case Study Examining Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party.

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It doesn’t take long before thousands of Facebook users join these pages (Fieser, 2009). Not surprisingly, there is growing scholarly interest in the mediation of activism and political campaigning. In the past there was nowhere for this kind of sentiment to go. Now it collects, solidifies and expresses itself online.