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Communties online can find it easier to learn from the successes of other communities worldwide, and can celebrate their own successes with the wider online community. | Communties online can find it easier to learn from the successes of other communities worldwide, and can celebrate their own successes with the wider online community. | ||
=== Participatory journalism === | |||
==== Fast and flexible ==== | |||
Current events can be better covered, with more immediacy, when there are more people reporting them. | |||
==== Topic or place specific ==== | |||
Participatory journalism can tackle subjects mainstream media might leave alone. Examples include environmental disasters and popular demonstrations. | |||
Commentary about local events can be seen through the eyes of people who are most affected by them - people who live in, work in or visit a locality. | |||
==== Empowerment ==== | |||
Participatory journalism can help develop a sense of empowerment for ordinary citizens and community groups. It can be seen as part of [[Getting to know your area]] and can also be used identify positive news and a can-do approach. | |||
== Resources == | == Resources == | ||
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What communities can do
- set up location or project pages in this wiki to tell us about community action for sustainability
- green maps
- encourage and benefit from virtual volunteering
- community websites and social networking sites
- encourage participatory journalism
- develop, perhaps co-develop with others, online resources
- Internet activism
Why it matters
Communties online can find it easier to learn from the successes of other communities worldwide, and can celebrate their own successes with the wider online community.
Participatory journalism
Fast and flexible
Current events can be better covered, with more immediacy, when there are more people reporting them.
Topic or place specific
Participatory journalism can tackle subjects mainstream media might leave alone. Examples include environmental disasters and popular demonstrations.
Commentary about local events can be seen through the eyes of people who are most affected by them - people who live in, work in or visit a locality.
Empowerment
Participatory journalism can help develop a sense of empowerment for ordinary citizens and community groups. It can be seen as part of Getting to know your area and can also be used identify positive news and a can-do approach.
Resources
Maps
Green Map System - OpenHeatMap - ZeeMaps
Quotes
"The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet." - William Gibson
"only connect" E.M. Forster
See also
- local information can be found, or shared, via our many location pages
- Community involvement
- One Laptop per Child
Interwiki links
Wikipedia: Hyperlocal, One Laptop per Child, Internet activism
External links
- One Laptop per Child, setup to oversee the creation of affordable educational devices for use in the developing world. W
References
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