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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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Because social media can increase the perceived social and public equity, users are more likely to engage in active participation. 2013; Bennett, Breunig, & Givens, 2008). Marginalized peoples and communities are using social media to magnify on-the-ground social movement actions and create collective action. 2011; Aday, et al.,