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Anders Colding-Jørgensen Archive

  • Online activism, lurking, mashups, and APIs. Click to listen:
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    Episode 76 – May 6 & 9, 2009

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    Online activism, lurking, mashups, and APIs. Click to listen: [audio:http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/spark_20090506_15120.mp3|width=160]

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  • I regularly get email invitations to sign online petitions, or join Facebook groups. Apparently, signing is a way to throw my support behind causes like banning wind turbines in Lake...

    Can online petitions and Facebook groups actually change anything?

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    I regularly get email invitations to sign online petitions, or join Facebook groups. Apparently, signing is a way to throw my support behind causes like banning wind turbines in Lake...

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