http://blogs.nokia.com/nseries/2010/11/01/why-smartphones-will-change-social-activism-for-the-better/
Ok, maybe digital collective action doesn't need to be Internet-based. Or maybe the smartphone can just be an extension of ICA, like uploading a video from a protest that you recorded on your smartphone.
The article makes good points. For instance, in some countries like India, smartphones are ubiquitous while Internet connections are not.
Phone networks can be effective as web forums... " In 2007, Greenpeace Argentina showed the power of mobile phone networking when they collected 3,000 signatures for a petition against logging via text messaging. They also asked the 350,000 people in their mobile phone network list to call specific legislators. The effort worked and there was a one-year moratorium on cutting down native forests. Imagine what you’d achieve now you can send video messages?"
It could be that technology will make other technology the actual tools of activism while the Internet will be the hub for distribution, perhaps.
Internet Collective Action is people organizing in a nonhierarchical manner to accomplish a particular goal. The reward is in the doing, and how much or how little anyone participates is completely voluntary, depending on their abilities and commitment to the goal. By this process amazing things can be accomplished. ICA will grow so long as the Internet is free. http://www.lisamcpherson.org/pc.htm is an example of ICA.
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