Directions: On a blank document write your name and copy the questions. Write the answer after each question. Getting credit for this assignment requires you to do some research,do not write one sentence answers! Use the links at the bottom of this page. Also do your own Google searches. Email it in the usual way when you are done.
Rumors have said that the Occupy Wall Street Movement (OWS) was started by an email to subscribers of a magazine called Adbusters.
Use the links at the bottom of this page (and your own internet research) to answer the following questions:
1. What is Adbusters and what is the evidence that Adbusters started OWS?
2. What were the 2011 Tahrir Square protests and the 2011 Spanish protests?
3. How were those 2 protests (question 2) similar and/or inspirational to the OWS protests?
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4. Who or what is Anonymous, and how is it connected to OWS?
5. How did the use of social media (email, texting, twittering, blogging, Facebook, Youtube) help the movement get started and stay going?
Directions: On a blank document write your name and copy the questions. Write the answer after each question. Email it in the usual way when you are done. Do not write one sentence answers!
Links for Part One
Exploring Occupy Wall Street's 'Adbuster' Origins
MARTIN KASTE
http://www.npr.org/2011/10/20/141526467/exploring-occupy-wall-streets-adbuster-origins
How 'Occupy Wall Street' Started and Spread
BRIAN GREENE
October 17, 2011
http://www.usnews.com/news/washington-whispers/articles/2011/10/17/how-occupy-wall-street-started-and-spread
Occupy Wall Street: From A Blog Post To A Movement
BILL CHAPPELL
October 20, 2011
http://www.npr.org/2011/10/20/141530025/occupy-wall-street-from-a-blog-post-to-a-movement
Twitter, Live Streaming Create Alternative News Network for Occupy
By Adam Dickter
November 25, 2011 8:32AM
http://business.newsfactor.com/news/The-Full-Occupy-Story-Is-In-the-Tweets/story.xhtml?story_id=121003W8NVMH&full_skip=1
Protesters Look for Ways to Feed the Web
JENNIFER PRESTON
Published: November 24, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/25/business/media/occupy-movement-focuses-on-staying-current-on-social-networks.html
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