January, 2014

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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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Abstract. As more of the world becomes connected online, revolutionaries across the globe are being empowered like never before although not all are successful as sustaining the movement the use of information communication technologies (ICT) are critical in developing and executing modern social movements. This paper examines the role social media plays in social movement formation through collective action; and assuming success, in movement sustainability in two social movements: the Occupy Wa