Wednesday, November 22, 2006
New Political tool;Text messaging
In the article New Politcal tool: text messaging by Cathy Hong it talks about a sixteen year old in South kOREA who was very quick and good with texting. This text message got fowarded to four hundred students. They were rallying about a college entrance exam and how many people are going to take it. The students were saying that without the use of cellphones the rally would not of been so successful.
"In tech-savvy nations like South Korea, but more so in controlled societies like China and the Middle East, text messaging has been fomenting what some experts call a "mobile democracy." Because it is unmonitored and cheap, it provides an underground channel for succinct uncensored speech. Demonstrators use it to mobilize protests, dodge authorities, and fire off political spam. It has also enabled them to engineer collective action at unprecedented speed".
The article shows how in these countries these politcial tool of text messaging is very important and very helpful by getting information out to the world.
"In nations such as China, where the Internet is censored, cellphones may play an even more important role. They're one of the few means to get the word out without being monitored. China also happens to have the largest cellphone market, with approximately 350 million users. Last December, 12,000 Chinese workers went on strike against a supplier of Wal-Mart. Although they weren't part of a union, they mobilized through the use of SMS".
Its interesting to see how important cellphones are becuase that are not that expensive. "A fisherman in China might not have a computer, but he has a mobile phone which tells him which port to fish, the market prices, and so on". This once again shows how much a cellphone is needed and how they don't need a computer as much as they need a cell phone.
Cellphones have been a great tool with the use of being able to contact people and now with text messaging it allows people to get information about things. It is a great tool and is very helpful in our world today
"In tech-savvy nations like South Korea, but more so in controlled societies like China and the Middle East, text messaging has been fomenting what some experts call a "mobile democracy." Because it is unmonitored and cheap, it provides an underground channel for succinct uncensored speech. Demonstrators use it to mobilize protests, dodge authorities, and fire off political spam. It has also enabled them to engineer collective action at unprecedented speed".
The article shows how in these countries these politcial tool of text messaging is very important and very helpful by getting information out to the world.
"In nations such as China, where the Internet is censored, cellphones may play an even more important role. They're one of the few means to get the word out without being monitored. China also happens to have the largest cellphone market, with approximately 350 million users. Last December, 12,000 Chinese workers went on strike against a supplier of Wal-Mart. Although they weren't part of a union, they mobilized through the use of SMS".
Its interesting to see how important cellphones are becuase that are not that expensive. "A fisherman in China might not have a computer, but he has a mobile phone which tells him which port to fish, the market prices, and so on". This once again shows how much a cellphone is needed and how they don't need a computer as much as they need a cell phone.
Cellphones have been a great tool with the use of being able to contact people and now with text messaging it allows people to get information about things. It is a great tool and is very helpful in our world today
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Texting is a mass medium which is increasingly used for political and commercial persuasion. It can also be used to form informal networks of resistance and mobilization. SMS is a key communications technology that has enormous political and commercial potential.
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