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#Redada 6: Citizen Rights, Activism and Internet

26.04.2011 19:00h

Place: Medialab-Prado. Plaza de las Letras, C/ Alameda, 15 · Madrid

Do social media foster activism? Is it necessary to fill the steets with thousand people in order to change things and generate social debate? This edition of #Redada hosts some of the representatives of social movements and experts in network society. Organized by Antonio Delgado. [live streaming]

Hashtag for Twitter: #redada 

 

Citizen initiatives such as #nolesvotes, Juventud SIN futuro or ¡Democracia Real Ya! have been able to be tagged as citizen movements with a huge off line impact in no time. Just one idea or the aim to change our society and politics is enough to foster these kind of initiatives through social media and gather tons of people around it. Millones de ciudadanos se organizan en la región de Oriente Medio y Norte de África para promover cambios sociales y construir su propia narrativa de lo que está sucediendo.

 

Participants:

- Juan Freire, biologist, Professor and network society expert

- Enrique Dans, Professor at IE Business School

- Francisco Polo (Actuable)

- Olmo Gálvez (Democracia Real Ya)

- A member of Juventud SIN Futuro

- Diego Beas, expert in policits and society

- Leila Nachawati. Social Media Manager and expert in freedom of expression in estión de medios sociales y especialista en libertad de expresión en Oriente Medio y Norte de África.

 

Nota: Due to limited space, please come about 15 minutes before the begining of the event.

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