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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>APRIL 26, 2012 @ YSU DeBARTOLO HALL AUDITORIUM, 6:00 – 8:00 PM.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube have become instrumental in movements for social change. Many have accredited this digital mobilization for stimulating dormant interest in social issues, initiating protests, and, in some cases, causing revolutions. But how do grassroots organizations use social media, and how effective is cyber-activism in actually delivering social change?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>The BFSA, Students for Social Justice, and the Northeast Ohio ACM are sponsoring a panel discussion entitled “Using Social Media for Political Protests: Helpful or Harmful?” The utility of social media will be addressed by the panel of scholars and activists. This discussion will take place on April 26th from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. at the DeBartolo Hall Auditorium (Rm. 132) on the Youngstown State University campus.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Our guest panelists include:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Dr. Alyssa Lenhoff, YSU Director of Journalism; Dr. Tom Oder, YSU Physics Professor and Ugandan Activist; Dr. David Porter, YSU Political Science Professor and contributor to the book “International Science and Technology Philosophy, Theory and Policy”; and Rebecca Schueller, Social Media and the Arab Spring Researcher, and Graduate of the University of Jordan. Other panelists are Jenny Jacobs, YSU student and Animal and Environmentalist Activist, and Gary Davenport, president of the Wick Park Neighborhood Association. Both are avid users of social media.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Hasheen Wilson, MCIS</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Network Administrator 2, Youngstown State University</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>President-BFSA, Youngstown State University</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>"Exercising Our Voice, Influencing Change"</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><a href="mailto:hawilson@ysu.edu"><span style='color:blue'>hawilson@ysu.edu</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>330.941.2734 office</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>