Cross-border Facebook friends

Peace on Facebook has created a graph based on the numbers of friend connections between people of different regions, religions and political affiliations. The image above shows connections made in regions Israel-Palestine, Albania-Serbia, India-Pakistan and Greece-Turkey (Peace on Facebook, 2011). 

Social Interactive with Facebook, UNESCO and the Stanford University Persuasive Technology Lab have created the visualisation above, using "networked technologies to transcend identity-based difference, and cultivate connectedness across conflict divides" [Social Interactive, 2011]. It is also "creating live-action video diaries" where "video stories will catalyze a powerful global outreach campaign to foster cross-conflict friendships in each region" [Social Interactive, 2011].

Peace on Facebook (2011) Friendships on Facebook [Online] http://peace.facebook.com/ [01/10/2011]

Social Interactive [2011] Friends witout Borders [Online] http://www.socialinteractiveinc.com/case.html

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Social Media and Journalism

"The Berlin Project by five young reporters also uses social media, but is not a crowd-source project. The aim of the project is to explore the use of mobile media and social platforms to cover today's celebration. The News 2.0 project by former students of the City University's Graduate School of Journalism is backed up by Reuters and will try to demonstrate the possibilities for innovation within journalism available with new media." (Bunz, 2009)

Bunz, M. (2009) The Fall of the Berlin Wall in Digital Media. [online] http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/nov/09/fall-of-berlin-wall-digital-media-social-networks

The Berlin Project [2009] http://www.theberlinproject.com/

Mauer-Mob Recreates Wall

The Mauer Mob relies on the organisational power of internet to create a "temporary monument of reflection" (Bunz, 2009). 33,000 people are asked to stand for 15 minutes, marking the path where the Wall once stood. Facebook and other social media helped organise people to the event (Bunz, 2009).

Bunz, M. (2009) The fall of the Berlin Wall in Digital Media. [online] http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/nov/09/fall-of-berlin-wall-digital-media-social-networks

Mauer Mob [2009] 33.000 Menschenstellen die Berliner Mauer wieder her. [online]
http://www.mauer-mob.com/home.php