[bfsa] USING SOCIAL MEDIA FOR POLITICAL PROTESTS: HELPFUL OR HARMFUL Forum Volunteers?

[t4 at ysubfsa.org]

> Hi BFSA Members, 
> 
> As you know, BFSA is co-sponsoring a panel discussion on
> "Using Social Media for Political Protests: Helpful or
> Harmful" on Thursday April 26th at the DeBartolo Hall
> Auditorium, 6:00 - 8:00 PM. We are looking for volunteers
> for the event. We are looking for members to greet and pass
> out programs to the attendees. 
> 
> If you are interested, please email me. Below is the press release for the event.
> 
> Thanx
> Tracey
> 
>
PRESS RELEASE: USING SOCIAL MEDIA FOR POLITICAL PROTESTS:
> HELPFUL OR HARMFUL?
> 
> APRIL 26, 2012 @ YSU DeBARTOLO HALL AUDITORIUM, 6:00 –
> 8:00 PM.
> 
> Social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube
> have become instrumental in movements for social change.
> Many have accredited this digital mobilization for
> stimulating dormant interest in social issues, initiating
> protests, and, in some cases, causing revolutions. But how
> do grassroots organizations use social media, and how
> effective is cyber-activism in actually delivering social
> change?
> 
> The BFSA, Students for Social Justice, and the Northeast
> Ohio ACM are sponsoring a panel discussion entitled “Using
> Social Media for Political Protests: Helpful or Harmful?”
> The utility of social media will be addressed by the panel
> of scholars and activists. This discussion will take place
> on April 26th from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. at the DeBartolo Hall
> Auditorium (Rm. 132) on the Youngstown State University
> campus.
> 
> Our guest panelists include:
> 
> Dr. Alyssa Lenhoff, YSU Director of Journalism; Dr. Tom
> Oder, YSU Physics Professor and Ugandan Activist; Dr. David
> Porter, YSU Political Science Professor and contributor to
> the book “International Science and Technology Philosophy,
> Theory and Policy”; and Rebecca Schueller, Social Media
> and the Arab Spring Researcher, and Graduate of the
> University of Jordan. Student panelist is Jenny Jacobs, YSU
> student and Animal and Environmentalist Activist, and avid users of  social media.
> 
> This event is sponsored by YSU BFSA, YSU ACE, Students for
> Social Justice, and Northeast Ohio Professional ACM Chapter.
> For more information contact Hasheen Wilson at 330-941-2734
> or visit www.ysubfsa.org.