blogs
The Huge Jena 6 Protest: Powered by Social Networks, Social Leaders, or Both?
Nancy Scola, 09/21/2007 - 2:51pm

Is there any chance that in the pre-Internet age several thousand people would have found themselves in Jena, a tiny speck of a town in central Louisiana, yesterday? The New York Times has estimated that a crowd of about 10,000 gathered to protest the treatment of six young black men arrested for the beating of a white classmate; event organizers pegged it at closer to 50,000. But either estimate makes clear that the gathering was huge. And the fact that a crowd of that size suddenly materialized without much attention being paid to the case by TV and in print media made me wonder: how exactly did so many people knew that they belonged in Jena yesterday?

| Read more ...
Syndicate content
Technology and the Internet are changing democracy in America. Personal Democracy Forum is a hub for the exciting conversation underway between political professionals, technologists, and anyone else invigorated by the remarkable potential of technology to engage citizens in the democratic process.

Navigation

© 2008 Personal Democracy Forum | All Rights Reserved |
The layout, use of images, color, and other qualities.
How well is does the site carry the message of the candidate?
How the site discusses the issues and how it uses language.
How easy is it to get involved in the campaign?
How well does the site utitlize blogs, video, podcasts, discussion boards, and other technologies?
The ease of navigation and the quality of interactivtity.