The Latest Tool for Social Activism: Cellphones

Today's medianote is based on a National Public Radio story about protests of a questionable court decision in India. Young middle-class workers and college students were at the center of this protest, and they registered their displeasure through SMS text messaging via their cellphones. MC101 students discussed the potential for text messaging as a social and political tool. For example, one student noted that during recent elections in South Korea text messages were used to urge younger voters to make a difference by turning out at the polls.