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13 Ways Twitter Enables Activism Edit
From Real-Time Election Tracking to Live Iran Protest Coverage

From Real-Time Election Tracking to Live Iran Protest Coverage

We’ve covered a number of Twitter innovations both good and bad, but the articles in the slideshow below show how Twitter activism is quickly gaining ground.

From moms protesting a misguided Motrin ad campaign to citizens bypassing the media to share live coverage of protests in Iran, Twitter activism is clearly alive and well. Check out the slideshow below to see these innovations and more.

Filed In: activism, clusters, internet, pop culture, social

Jun 27, 09 - 3,773 Views

Twitter Petitions Deborah Gibson Asks Fans to Help Her Join 'Dancing with the Stars' (GALLERY) Slideshow View Full Article	Virtual Good Samaritans 'Twitter Angels' Aid Ailing Job-Seekers (GALLERY) Slideshow View Full Article	Twitter Shaming Microbloggers Blast CNN's Iran Election Coverage at #CNNfail (GALLERY) Slideshow View Full Article
Ads Killed by Social Mothers Twitter Moms Destroy Motrin Marketing in 48 Hours (VIDEO) Slideshow View Full Article	Twitter Newspapers USA Today’s Del Jones Uses Tweets as Only Source (VIDEO) Slideshow View Full Article	Live Revolutions on Twitter With All Media Channels Blocked, Moldova Shows Conflict on Interne (VIDEO) Slideshow View Full Article
Twittering Churches What Would Jesus Tweet? Slideshow View Full Article	Twitter TV Petitions ‘My Name is Earl’ Cancellation Sparks Online Outrage (GALLERY) Slideshow View Full Article	Google Strongly Involved With US Elections Twitter & Google Super Tuesday Map Slideshow View Full Article
Bribing Online ‘Friends’ Mitsubishi Digital Donates For Each New Twitter Follower (VIDEO) Slideshow View Full Article	Tweeting Maintenance Mayhem Scheduled Twitter Shutdown Paused For Iranian Protests (GALLERY) Slideshow View Full Article	Social Bribing For Charity @tferriss Donates to Charity With Every New Twitter Follower Slideshow View Full Article
Twitter TV Show Resurrections ‘Chuck’ Reappears After Subway & Twitterverse Save (VIDEO) Slideshow View Full Article

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13 Ways Twitter Enables Activism Edit From Real-Time Election Tracking to Live Iran Protest Coverage

Twitter Petitions

Virtual Good Samaritans

Twitter Shaming

Ads Killed by Social Mothers

Twitter Newspapers

Live Revolutions on Twitter

Twittering Churches

Twitter TV Petitions

Google Strongly Involved With US Elections

Bribing Online ‘Friends’

Tweeting Maintenance Mayhem

Social Bribing For Charity

Twitter TV Show Resurrections

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13 Ways Twitter Enables Activism Edit
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