mAdvocacy—Examples of Emerging Mobile Campaigns

1. Crowdsourcing
Solutions
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@netsquared
#N2Y4
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Mark Belinsky
Digital Democracy
@mbelinsky
mbelinsky@dtwo.org
Government, Citizens and the Third Sector
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2. Research
Youth Perspectives from the Thai-Burma Border
Youth Perspectives from the Thai-Burma Border
Overcoming Obstacles,
Creating Opportunities
www.newwordsmedia.com
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3. http://www.flickr.com/photos/whiteafrican/2736565604/
Key finding
Young Burmese with access to the internet were
more likely to identify themselves as activists
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4. Saffron Revolution
Mobile phones were used by monks and other citizen
journalists to send information to the outside world.
www.uscampaignforburma.org
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5. Ushahidi
an open-source
platform used during
the Kenyan election to
crowdsource and map
incidences of
violence.
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6. Ushahidi
an open-source
platform used during
the Kenyan election to
crowdsource and map
incidences of
violence.
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7. Virtual Community Center - Mobile
A network for map-based micro-blogging,
which will be used by individuals and
organizations along Burma's borders.
Handheld Human Rights: supports inter
and intra-group communication for
human rights organizations while
allowing them to map shared data via
mobile phones. The goal is to have more
accessible and reliable information about
human rights abuses.
Crowdsourcing the Constitution:
•Facilitates communication between
political and religious leaders and their
constituents by distributing videos of
their speeches through mobiles, allowing
individuals to respond via SMS. The goal
is to engage individuals in the political
process.
Photo By: Emily Jacobi @ New Words Media
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8. Twitter Vote Report
Built to use citizen
reports to monitor
issues at the polls
during the 2008 US
elections.
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9. Government, Citizens and the Third Sector
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10. Government, Citizens and the Third Sector
HOW WOULD YOU ANSWER:
IF I KNEW THIS, I COULD DO THAT
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11. Government, Citizens and the Third Sector
HOW WOULD YOU ANSWER:
IF I KNEW THIS, I COULD DO THAT
WHAT COULD WE DO WITH THAT INFORMATION:
LOBBY THE GOVERNMENT WITH MORE ACCOUNTABILITY
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12. Government, Citizens and the Third Sector
HOW WOULD YOU ANSWER:
IF I KNEW THIS, I COULD DO THAT
WHAT COULD WE DO WITH THAT INFORMATION:
LOBBY THE GOVERNMENT WITH MORE ACCOUNTABILITY
INCENTIVE FOR PARTICIPATION
CITIZENS: BETTER COMMUNITIES
GOVERNMENT: BETTER INFORMATION ABOUT VOTERS
3RD SECTOR: ADDITIONAL STIMULUS
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