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How I Became an Online Grassroots Organizer

Event Interactive 2011
Format Solo
Organizer Ray Beckerman – Ray Beckerman, PC
Description How a commercial litigation attorney in New York wound up becoming, in essence an online grassroots organizer, taking to the ramparts of a social revolution: the eruption of social media as a force for democracy. From his virtually accidental entry into using a blog as a tool for grassroots organizers fighting the skewed results of the Ohio 2004 presidential election, to his popular "Recording Industry vs The People" blog collecting detailed information about the RIAA's suits against ordinary people, to his work on Slashdot as NewYorkCountryLawyer, to his influential role on Twitter helping to organize over various social justice and human rights issues, Ray Beckerman has an interesting story to tell, one which shows that the events which first catapulted him into social media could never again occur the way they did, due to the fact of this revolution. And he has advice on where we can most effectively go from here, if we wish to use social media as a force for good.
Questions
Answered
  1. How can a blog be used as a grassroots organizing tool?
  2. How has social media changed the political landscape?
  3. How have Twitter, other microblogs, & the ability to upload photos & videos revolutionized media?
  4. What is the role mainstream media have played in democracy, and how have they failed our society?
  5. What is the future for social media's role in democracy?
Level Beginner
Category Community / Online Community
Tags Democracy, humanrights, socialjustice
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