http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/05/30/my-talk/ EthanZ's musings on Africa, media and international development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/05/30/my-talk/comment-page-1/#comment-2658673 Jonathan Stray » What should the digital public sphere do? Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:13:17 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=816#comment-2658673 [...] voices of a community. This “don’t speak, point” role has been articulated by Ethan Zuckerman and practiced by Andy [...] [...] voices of a community. This “don’t speak, point” role has been articulated by Ethan Zuckerman and practiced by Andy [...]

]]> http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/05/30/my-talk/comment-page-1/#comment-1736680 Flight Papers » Blog Archive » Point. Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:04:08 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=816#comment-1736680 [...] know anything about Ethan Zuckerman, really, but I’m happy to have stumbled across an old post of his on the importance of pointing, rather than speaking, in activist [...] [...] know anything about Ethan Zuckerman, really, but I’m happy to have stumbled across an old post of his on the importance of pointing, rather than speaking, in activist [...]

]]> http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/05/30/my-talk/comment-page-1/#comment-1452754 Jonathan Stray » Escaping the News Hall of Mirrors Thu, 05 Mar 2009 07:46:36 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=816#comment-1452754 [...] It’s not that repeated coverage and discussion of the same story adds nothing. Quotation, paraphrasing, and reblogging is how interesting or important stories spread; telling others about what we know is fundamentally how societal awareness comes to be, and this is a good thing. However, yelling something louder doesn’t make it more significant, or more true. In the balance between awareness and vacuous repetition, I refer to Ethan Zuckerman’s web 2.0 maxim: don’t speak, point. [...] [...] It’s not that repeated coverage and discussion of the same story adds nothing. Quotation, paraphrasing, and reblogging is how interesting or important stories spread; telling others about what we know is fundamentally how societal awareness comes to be, and this is a good thing. However, yelling something louder doesn’t make it more significant, or more true. In the balance between awareness and vacuous repetition, I refer to Ethan Zuckerman’s web 2.0 maxim: don’t speak, point. [...]

]]> http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/05/30/my-talk/comment-page-1/#comment-963576 Digital activism and censorship (and more about China) » The Bartlett Diaries Mon, 05 May 2008 04:05:53 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=816#comment-963576 [...] Ethan Zuckerman explores what can be learned from the examples of the imprisonment of bloggers. One example he uses was the arrest of Hao Wu, the editor of Global Voices [...] [...] Ethan Zuckerman explores what can be learned from the examples of the imprisonment of bloggers. One example he uses was the arrest of Hao Wu, the editor of Global Voices [...]

]]> http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/05/30/my-talk/comment-page-1/#comment-905895 Why Teach/Cute Cats « Remonzer’s Weblog Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:26:31 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=816#comment-905895 [...] the subject of pointing the way, these articles, http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/05/30/my-talk/ and http://www.lunchoverip.com/2007/04/dont_speak_poin.html provide examples new ways of learning [...] [...] the subject of pointing the way, these articles, http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/05/30/my-talk/ and http://www.lunchoverip.com/2007/04/dont_speak_poin.html provide examples new ways of learning [...]

]]> http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/05/30/my-talk/comment-page-1/#comment-894992 …My heart’s in Accra » The Cute Cat Theory Talk at ETech Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:17:22 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=816#comment-894992 [...] widely as possible. My conclusion from this: good advice for the advocate in a web 2.0 age - “Don’t speak. Point.” (Bruno Giussani explains what I mean by that phrase far more eloquently than I ever [...] [...] widely as possible. My conclusion from this: good advice for the advocate in a web 2.0 age – “Don’t speak. Point.” (Bruno Giussani explains what I mean by that phrase far more eloquently than I ever [...]

]]> http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/05/30/my-talk/comment-page-1/#comment-869333 …My heart’s in Accra » The Kenyan middle class… or is that the digital activist class? Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:25:29 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=816#comment-869333 [...] change how crisis situations are covered in the media. I gave a talk almost two years ago titled, “Don’t Speak - Point” which suggested that the internet would change advocacy, making it harder for people to speak on [...] [...] change how crisis situations are covered in the media. I gave a talk almost two years ago titled, “Don’t Speak – Point” which suggested that the internet would change advocacy, making it harder for people to speak on [...]

]]> http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/05/30/my-talk/comment-page-1/#comment-547714 Advocacy 2.0 and Rising Voices « Webs@Work Sun, 23 Sep 2007 08:26:20 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=816#comment-547714 [...] Read Ethan’s post on the issues here. [...] [...] Read Ethan’s post on the issues here. [...]

]]> http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/05/30/my-talk/comment-page-1/#comment-439414 …My heart’s in Accra » The connection between cute cats and web censorship Tue, 17 Jul 2007 02:31:06 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=816#comment-439414 [...] I gave a talk at the International Human Rights Funder’s meeting today, a semi-annnual meeting of foundations interested in supporting human rights projects around the world. The panel I sat on was titled “Advocacy 2.0″ and asked what the rise of the read/write web means for advocacy organizations. Needless to say, this is a topic that interests me - I gave a talk at NetSquared on this topic about a year ago, and much of the talk I gave today drew on a talk I gave at the New School a few months ago. [...] [...] I gave a talk at the International Human Rights Funder’s meeting today, a semi-annnual meeting of foundations interested in supporting human rights projects around the world. The panel I sat on was titled “Advocacy 2.0″ and asked what the rise of the read/write web means for advocacy organizations. Needless to say, this is a topic that interests me – I gave a talk at NetSquared on this topic about a year ago, and much of the talk I gave today drew on a talk I gave at the New School a few months ago. [...]

]]> http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/05/30/my-talk/comment-page-1/#comment-217639 Lessons from the Free Kareem campaign at Global Voices Advocacy Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:32:16 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=816#comment-217639 [...] The most successful episodes of the Tunisian cyber-activism were those conducted in English. It was interesting to see that the Yezzi Fock! - “Enough is enough”- campaign and The Tunisian Prison Map gained more support from English-speaking bloggers and activists than from the French-speaking online community. Moreover, numerous Tunisian bloggers and activists were disappointed to see that the censorship of the yezzi.org web site, was overlooked by the French media and even by the prominent French NGO Reporters Without Borders (RSF). This caused a few Tunisian activists to reconsider the use of French in their initiatives as English online communities have proven to be more supportive, especially after Global Voices Online had spread the word. As Global Voices co-founder Ethan Zuckerman put it in his “Talk about advocacy and citizen journalism”: At our best, we’re an amplifier for voices that might not otherwise be heard. Tunisian free speech activists start a site called Yezzi Fock - which means “We’ve had enough”, expressing their frustration with the Ben Ali government. We call attention to the site on Global Voices. Sometimes, we do a good enough job that other bloggers grab the story, like Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit. Other times, we help the mainstream media find stories they otherwise wouldn’t encounter. [...] [...] The most successful episodes of the Tunisian cyber-activism were those conducted in English. It was interesting to see that the Yezzi Fock! – “Enough is enough”- campaign and The Tunisian Prison Map gained more support from English-speaking bloggers and activists than from the French-speaking online community. Moreover, numerous Tunisian bloggers and activists were disappointed to see that the censorship of the yezzi.org web site, was overlooked by the French media and even by the prominent French NGO Reporters Without Borders (RSF). This caused a few Tunisian activists to reconsider the use of French in their initiatives as English online communities have proven to be more supportive, especially after Global Voices Online had spread the word. As Global Voices co-founder Ethan Zuckerman put it in his “Talk about advocacy and citizen journalism”: At our best, we’re an amplifier for voices that might not otherwise be heard. Tunisian free speech activists start a site called Yezzi Fock – which means “We’ve had enough”, expressing their frustration with the Ben Ali government. We call attention to the site on Global Voices. Sometimes, we do a good enough job that other bloggers grab the story, like Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit. Other times, we help the mainstream media find stories they otherwise wouldn’t encounter. [...]

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