Social Media and a New Model of Civic Engagement in Myanmar

3.  Facebook
 Twitter
 Hi5
 NING
Whatelse?

4.  social media is creating new
 enhancing the tools used by existing ones
 the way citizens are interacting with each other
and organizations.

5.  decreased the barriers of entry for citizens to have
their voices heard
 take action on an issue.
 Why in Myanmar?
(Entry barriers)

6.  You and I
 able to easily take small
 simple actions without much effort.
 an extraordinary impact
 What do you think impact in Myanmar?

7.  Facebook applications - Cause
 you to support a cause
 announce it to your network.

8.  Twitter - hashtag
 Tweeting - important to you.
 A hashtag is a # sign followed by a term — i.e.
#campaignfinancereform
 Allows people to read all the tweets on a subject
at once.

10.  Compound of Crowd and a short for Outsourcing,
 The tasks traditionally performed by an employee
or contractor,
 Outsourcing them to a group of people or
community,
 through an "open call" to a large group of people
(a crowd) asking for contributions.

13.  ?

14.  Historically, English has been “the language of the Internet”
 Not the case anymore!
 However, world’s linguistic diversity not represented on the
Internet
 Further global growth needs linguistic diversity
 Getting the next billion(s) online will need linguistic diversity
 The next billion(s) online will demand linguistic diversity

15. The Internet is:
 a major source of information
 depository of knowledge
 the communications and business medium
 Internet available for everyone
 Internet used by everyone requires linguistic
diversity!

16.  Unicode
 Content

17.  Social media, Crowdsourcing and Multilingualism
 keystones to the bridge
 You and Global