TY - GEN
T1 - Cyberactivism through social media
T2 - 46th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2013
AU - Sandoval-Almazan, Rodrigo
AU - Gil-Garcia, J. Ramon
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Social media is increasingly important for political and social activism in Mexico. In particular, Twitter has played a significant role in influencing government decision making and shaping the relationships between governments, citizens, politicians, and other stakeholders. Within the last few months, some commentators even argue that Mexican politics has a new influential actor: "I'm Number 132" (a studentbased social movement using Twitter and YouTube). After the Arab Spring and the uprisings that have led to significant political changes in Egypt, Tunisia, and Iran, the Mexican case could provide new insights to understand these social movements. Understanding the students' political mobilization "I'm Number 132" in the context of the 2012 presidential election in Mexico, and how they have been using social media tools to communicate their concerns and organize protests across the country, could help us to explain why and how these social media-enabled political movements emerge and evolve.
AB - Social media is increasingly important for political and social activism in Mexico. In particular, Twitter has played a significant role in influencing government decision making and shaping the relationships between governments, citizens, politicians, and other stakeholders. Within the last few months, some commentators even argue that Mexican politics has a new influential actor: "I'm Number 132" (a studentbased social movement using Twitter and YouTube). After the Arab Spring and the uprisings that have led to significant political changes in Egypt, Tunisia, and Iran, the Mexican case could provide new insights to understand these social movements. Understanding the students' political mobilization "I'm Number 132" in the context of the 2012 presidential election in Mexico, and how they have been using social media tools to communicate their concerns and organize protests across the country, could help us to explain why and how these social media-enabled political movements emerge and evolve.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84875481523
U2 - 10.1109/HICSS.2013.161
DO - 10.1109/HICSS.2013.161
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 9780769548920
T3 - Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
SP - 1704
EP - 1713
BT - Proceedings of the 46th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2013
Y2 - 7 January 2013 through 10 January 2013
ER -