DigiActive.org

Campaign: Blog4Burma

Written by Simon on April 6, 2008 – 12:51 am -

Description of Campaign: After the junta’s crackdown on the protesters of the saffron revolution, Burma faded from the public eye within a few days. Even the bloggers, who widely campaigned in support of the demonstrators, don’t write about the country any longer. An international group of bloggers has united as the Blog4Burma coalition to keep the topic in the focus of the blogosphere.

Digital Activism Tools: Blogs, Feed

How These Tools Are Being Used: The Blog4Burma coalition’s goal is to provide a wide range of information about the situation in Burma. A group of bloggers from currently four countries (Austria, France, Germany, Spain), writing in as many languages, the coalition does not have a common website. The members write articles about Burma-related topics on their own blogs, which are then collected in a common feed.

Through publishing the group’s posts on their own blogs, the members of the coalition seek to attract a greater public. Some of the participating blogs have specialized on Burma, others are the writers’ regular blogs.
The coalition is a „virtual network“, only connected through a common email account and a wiki. Every author writes autonomously, with only a logo and a link marking the post as a part of the groups work.

Tags: Blog4Burma, burma, virtual network
Posted in Campaigns, Europe |