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The Anatomy of the Occupy Wall Street Movement on Twitter | MIT Technology Review

The Anatomy of the Occupy Wall Street Movement on Twitter | MIT Technology Review | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

A study of the social network behind the Occupy movement shows that the most vocal participants were highly connected before the protests began but have now largely lost interest, say social network researchers....


The Occupy Wall Street movement began in September 2011 as a grass roots protest against the inequality, greed and corruption associated with the financial sector of the economy. The movement adopted the slogan: ”We are the 99%” which refers to the distribution of wealth in the US between the richest 1 per cent and the rest.


What was extraordinary about this movement was the speed with which it spread, passing rapidly between communities via social media and Twitter in particular.So an interesting question is how this movement became so big, so quickly and what has happened since to the most active participants....

Jeff Domansky's insight:

I guess they're Occupied elsewhere? ;-)

Jeff Domansky's comment, September 26, 2013 7:15 PM
Klaudia & Sophie, I enjoyed your perspectives on OWS.
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Everything The Media Told You About Occupy Wall Street Is Wrong

Everything The Media Told You About Occupy Wall Street Is Wrong | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it
I finally made it to Occupy Wall Street on Tuesday and had a chance to see for myself what's going on. My conclusion: almost everything the media told me about the protest is wrong.

 

Based on my observations, here's what I consider the Top Ten Myths About Occupy Wall Street....

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The Nonprofit Quarterly: NPR, Occupy Wall Street, and Journalists' Ethics

The Nonprofit Quarterly: NPR, Occupy Wall Street, and Journalists' Ethics | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

When do the personal political values of news organizations employees bump into principles of journalistic integrity ad impartiality?

 

...Now it seems like there is concern that Lisa Simeone, the host of National Public Radio’s opera show, attracted attention that NPR didn’t want through her role as a spokesperson for a group that many in the press saw as part-and-parcel of the Occupy Wall Street movement....

 

 

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Of PR and protest: The Times They Are A-Changin’

Of PR and protest: The Times They Are A-Changin’ | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

‘Occupy Wall Street’ teaches PR lessons — and risks of rushing to judgment

 

Walking past the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protest in New York City, as I did last week, it would be easy to dismiss its relatively small size, incoherent message, and messengers who (for the most part) don’t look and sound like mainstream America. To do so would be a mistake. There’s a level of public relations sophistication at work here that could have unpredictable consequences.

 

Case in point: following the October 1st arrests of some 700 protesters on the Brooklyn Bridge, a PR battle ensued...

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