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First Draft of Article: #nobannowall

= #NoBanNoWall =     0) Title/Opening


 * 1) Name of movement
 * 2) In late January of 2017, President Donald Trump erupted one of the largest movements of the year by issuing many executive orders against all refugees facing oppression. The Muslim and Latinx communities rose together to fight for their rights with #NoBanNoWall. [1]
 * 3) This order stopped allowing refugees enter the United States and banned individuals from seven countries- most with a high Muslim populations. [2] These countries included Syria, Iran, Libya, Yemen, Venezuela, North Korea, and Somalia. [4] This order did not consider the hardships that individuals must have to go through and focuses on destroying the framework that the US has held for several years. This open viewed idea of not letting both the Muslim and Latinx community into our country was solely an effort to strike panic. When asked how families will be affected,  the administration said that they will be imprisoned and/or separated from their families. [3]
 * 4) One defining image or symbol for the movement as a whole [5]


 * 1) Introduction- Simran
 * 2) Brief context/background (short paragraph)
 * 3) Include: Thesis statement about the relationship of specific social media technologies to the movement. (See Tufekci, Twitter & Tear Gas, Chapter 5

On January 25th, 2017 the hashtag “#NoBanNoWall”  erupted onto social media platform Twitter quickly after Donald Trump released his news of a so called “Muslim Ban”, an executive order that banned citizens from 7 countries, 5 of them being Muslim majority. This ban did not let these individuals visit for 90 days, suspended entry of Syrian refugees indefinitely, and did not allow other refugees from entering for 120 days. The use of social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, became a catalyst for ____________________


 * 1) Movement name & key term definitions (reference #LGBTQRights)
 * 2) What is this the name of the movement/hashtag and why is it significant?

The name of the hashtag that abrupted is called #NoBanNoWall, and this became a symbol of solidarity for Americans across the nation that disagreed with the ruling of the “Muslim Ban” by the President and the Supreme Court.


 * 1) Define any key terms related or important to the movement

Muslim- A muslim is any follower of Islam. The term “Muslim” is used in this context to refer to the Muslim dominant countries that are affected by the travel ban, including Iran, Libya, Syria, and ,


 * 1) Movement geographic mapping


 * 1) Social issue/events being addressed


 * 1) Does it connect to other hashtags or movements?
 * 2) Which ones? (include a link to other chapters in #moveme)
 * 3) Key images or symbol
 * 4) Explain and showcase any important key images or symbols


 * 1) Context
 * 2) History
 * 3) Timeline [MAX 20~ years back] (reference #DeleteUber)
 * 4) Order from oldest to most recent [6]


 * [01.27.2017]
 * President Donald Trump issued an executive order that banned individuals who are not naturalized citizens of their residing country from 7 countries (5 of them being Muslim dominant countries). This ban did not let these individuals visit for 90 days. This ban also stopped allowing all Syrian refugees to enter the country forever and did not allow other refugees from entering for 120 days.
 * [01.28.2017]
 * Once the ban started, immigrants were getting denied entrance into the US. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Northwest Immigrant Rights wrote a court order to allow two of the deported travelers to stay. With over 1000 protestors, the two individuals were released from custody from Customs and Border Protection.
 * [1.29.2017]
 * A New York federal judge accepted a request from the ACLU that asked for a national warrant to block deportation of everyone stranded in US airports under the new executive order.
 * [2.03.2017]
 * James Robart, federal judge in Seattle, provided an order to block the Muslim ban executive order. The next day, the Department of Justice appealed Robart’s restraining order. [7]
 * [3.06.2017]
 * President Donald Trump signs a new executive order. This order frees individuals who already have green cards and visas and also removes Iraq from the countries banned. [8]
 * [6.27.2017]
 * The Supreme Court agreed to hear a dispute to the Muslim ban. The Court’s ruling does not allow the government and administration from appealing the 90 day ban on the six countries or the 120 day ban on all refugees to anyone who can declare a claim that they have a genuine relationship with someone in the US.
 * [7.19.2017]
 * The Supreme Court ordered an immunity for all grandparents/children, brothers/sisters-in-law, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins of anyone in the US. [9]
 * [9.24.2017]
 * Trump signed the third version of the Muslim Ban.
 * [12.22.2017]
 * Supreme Court still lets the ban go in effect even when 9th Circuit supports block on Muslim ban.
 * [12.23.2017]
 * Federal Court blocks refugee ban.
 * [1.18.2018]
 * Joseph Doe, a refugee in Washington who wanted to be with his wife and children is finally reunited even after the refugee ban was rejected by the court. [10]
 * [1.19.2018]
 * Muslim ban heads to Supreme Court.
 * [6.26.2018]
 * Supreme Court supports Trump’s third version of the Muslim ban. [11]


 * 1) Active dates
 * 2) Include in format: month/day/year
 * 3) Inflection points
 * 4) Include relevant statistics and visuals within the timeline


 * Stats on how many people had visas in each banned country [12]:
 * Iran -- 19,801
 * North Korea -- 55
 * Syria -- 5,411
 * Libya -- 1,552
 * Yemen -- 2,919
 * Somalia -- 276
 * Venezuela -- 56,720


 * 1) Pre-social media movements: include content but focus on the interaction/intersection of the movement and social media
 * 2) #notmypresident
 * 3) #standuptotrump
 * 4) #Muslimban
 * 5) #grandparentsnotterrorists


 * 1) Note: in previous semesters many chapters have more than 1 timeline, please only have one and include important events inside that timeline
 * 2) Political spectrum
 * 3) Left/middle: Individuals who swing left wanted there to be no ban and no wall. These are the individuals who created the movement and wanted no one to be restricted into coming into the US. The left side of the political spectrum.
 * 4) Right: The right swing wanted to build a wall. They are the supporters of Trump who created the opposite movement #BuildTheWall. These individuals did not want anyone to enter the country who were not American citizens and also wanted to keep the executive order in action.
 * 5) Location/affiliation
 * 6) This movement was affiliated with the idea of who gets to enter the US. The movement impacted individuals globally especially to those who were in the seven countries that were a part of the ban. Refugees were the second largest group of individuals that were impacted as they were not allowed to enter the US for a long period of time and some indefinitely.
 * 7) Key Actors
 * 8) People (at least 3)
 * 9) Movement leaders/allies [13]
 * 10) Zaki Barzinji and Imraan Siddiqi started the movement. Zaki was a Muslim-American Liason under Barack Obama’s presidency. And Imraan was the founder of the Hate Hurts campaign.
 * 11) Opposition/opponents
 * 12) Individuals who swing right on the political spectrum
 * 13) A majority of the Supreme Court
 * 14) Celebrity endorsers [14]
 * 15) Yara Shahidi
 * 16) Mindy Kaling
 * 17) Bruce Springstreen
 * 18) Rihanna
 * 19) Ellen DeGeneres
 * 20) Other related figures
 * 21) Many local courts
 * 22) A few federal judges
 * 23) Demographics and their significance to the movement (refer to #DeleteUber and #DREAMers)
 * 24) The culture of the groups involved (background, gender, race, sexual orientation, etc.)
 * 25) Most individuals who were involved were those in almost all backgrounds especially those of minorities. Both men and women came together to fight for entrance of all individuals into the country. People of all ages fought against the ban.
 * 26) How is this movement differentiated from other movements
 * 27) How is this movement differentiated from other similar movements (if applicable)
 * 28) Organizations involved
 * 29) Which organizations (for-profit, non-profit, etc.) were involved
 * 30) ACLU
 * 31) Northwest Immigrant Rights
 * 32) Why was their involvement important/relevant
 * 33) They brought up several court cases that helped save refugee individuals reunite with families.


 * 1) Social Media Presence* Can
 * 2) Platforms used

The #nobannowall movement has been used in multiple social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram, Flickr and many more. On January 25, 2017 protesters gathered at Washington Square Park in New York and chanted: “No ban, no wall.” These chants were soon used in twitter as #nobannowall to protest President Trump’s border wall and Muslim ban policies. As the hashtag became popular on Twitter it was used on other social media platforms. There are multiple Facebook groups and pages on #nobannowall along with events that were created for protests at various locations. There are currently 276K posts on Instagram with the hashtag #nobannowall and this shows the use of various social media platforms for this social movement.


 * 1) Popular hashtags (refer to #DREAMers)

-#noTrump: Along with the #nobannowall hashtag the #noTrump hashtag also became very popular on these social media platforms and was used by protesters who criticized Trump’s policies.

-#grandparentsnotterrorist: President Trump’s travel ban was planned to suspend the issuance of visis to refugees and citizens of North Korea, Venezuela and  the 5 Muslim majority countries Libya, Iran, Somalia, Syria and Yemen. However, it was stated that refugees or citizens of these countries who have a “bona fide relationship” with a person in the US would be exempt of this ban. This meant that grandparents, grandchildren, aunts and uncles were not exempt of the travel ban. This was protested on Twitter and other social media platforms using the #grandparentsnotterrorist. Social media users used this hashtag and uploaded a photo of their grandparents and protested the travel ban.

-#Muslimban: Along with many other hashtags that were used to protest president Donald Trump's travel ban was the #muslimban hashtag, This hashtag is used by people who protested and also people who supported the travel ban policy.

-#buildthewall: people who supported the Wall policy used this hashtag on Twitter and other social media platforms to show their support for President Trump’s Border Wall policy.

-#refugeecaravan/#migrantcaravan: these hashtags were used on social media to protest the travel ban that closed the southern border to Central America.

-#banthemuslims: this hashtag was used by the travel ban policy supporters as 5 of the 7 banned countries were majority Muslim countries.


 * 1) ~5 most important FB/ Twitter posts and why - most should come from a figure listed above (include screenshots)

-Trump Wall: https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/824083821889015809?lang=en

-Trump Wall: https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/953979393180950528?lang=en

-Trump travel ban: https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/908645126146265090?lang=en

-Trump wall, illegal immigration, Muslims and Nato: https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/713012045214531584

-Mira Farrow on travel ban: https://twitter.com/MiaFarrow/status/1011626832444186624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1011626832444186624&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.marieclaire.com%2Fcelebrity%2Fa22474544%2Fcelebrities-clap-back-at-donald-trump%2F


 * 1) Meme vs. cause
 * 2) Pictures of most relevant memes

https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/440508407287600998/?autologin=true

https://www.business2community.com/social-buzz/nobannowall-trends-social-media-fights-back-president-donald-trumps-anti-immigration-executive-orders-01764181

d) Analysis of how important social media has been for this movement - essential/important/helpful

Social media has been very essential for this movement as it allowed the world to be aware of the protests against Donald Trump’s policies. These protests are also very important internationally as the  travel ban is about the 7 banned countries. Social media has not only allowed people to share their thoughts about these policies but was also used to schedule protests and events.


 * 1) Organic vs. planned growth

Organic growth through increasing popularity on social media.

Planned growth through planned protests and events.


 * 1) Offline presence


 * 1) Analog antecedents Kiana

Timeline for Anti Hispanic Immigrant Sentiment:


 * 1) Congress passed a quota systems that restricted legal immigration following the halt of the bracero program. Numbers rose from Mexico from 25,000 to 450,000.
 * 2) Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3407978/
 * 3) “When I became commissioner in 1973, we were out-manned, under-budgeted, and confronted by a growing, silent invasion of illegal aliens. Despite our best efforts, the problem — critical then — now threatens to become a national disaster,” Leonard Chapman, commissioner of Immigration
 * 4) “The most obvious threat, is the fact that...there are going to be 120 million Mexicans by the end of the century. . . . [The Border Patrol] will not have enough bullets to stop them.” CIA Director William Colby

Movements by countries Affected by Muslim Ban:


 * 1) Iran
 * 2) Points of stress in Iranian-American relations most memorably began in the 70s during the revolution and impending hostage crisis. Under the Obama administration, a framework for a nuclear deal had been reached. It garnered massive support from EU countries but was highly disputed among American Conservatives. President Trump has moved to withdraw from the deal. Social media has been a popular outlet for these proceedings for opponents and supporters. #IranDeal trended on Twitter.
 * 3) Yemen
 * 4) #ArabSpring
 * 5) Syria
 * 6) Refugee Crisis
 * 7) North Korea
 * 8) Libya
 * 9) Cannot report terrorism/safety related information.
 * 10) Refugee crisis, widespread violence, internal instability
 * 11) Somalia
 * 12) Venezuela
 * 13) In 2016, a state of economic emergency was declared by current leader Maduro. Sanctions, low currency rates, food scarcity, decreasing oil prices and struggles for power within the government lead to aggressive anti-government protests. In one iteration of the travel ban, Venezuelan government officials and their immediate families were banned, but regular citizens were not.


 * 1) Impact of movement Kiana
 * 2) Policy achievements
 * 3) Muslim Ban 1.0
 * 4) Muslim Ban 2.0
 * 5) Trump’s new order exempts those who already have visas and green cards and removes Iraq from the banned countries
 * 6) District court judge in Hawaii blocks 2.o before takes effect
 * 7) Muslim Ban 3.0
 * 8) Supreme Court upholds it
 * 9) Other achievements - general awareness, mobilization, etc.
 * 10) Airport Protests, News coverage, general awareness
 * 1) Airport Protests, News coverage, general awareness


 * 1) Critiques of movement

There were critiques to the movement from President Donald Trump and some Republicans. People who critiqued the movement and supported the travel ban and the Border Wall policies believed that the country needed to avoid illegal immigration and increase the safety of the country by not allowing certain people in.


 * 1) Conclusion
 * 2) Did the movement “end”? If so, was it a success or failure? Why or why not? If not, what significant successes or benchmarks has the movement accomplished?


 * 1) Author Biography (see #womensrights)
 * 2) Brief introduction and if relevant relationship with movement
 * 3) Include any bias or previous experience you may have
 * 4) You can choose to identify as “anonymous “ if you want to keep your name off of the page


 * 1) Sources:


 * 1)  https://mic.com/articles/166577/nobannowall-is-a-heartbreaking-rallying-cry-against-donald-trumps-muslim-ban-and-border-wall#.rT7eSh4kH 
 * 2)  https://www.amnestyusa.org/files/pdfs/NoBanNoWall-Action-Toolkit.pdf 
 * 3)  https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/11/nobannowall-from-the-muslim-ban-to-the-migrant-caravan/ 
 * 4)  https://www.equalitylabs.org/latest-news/muslimban 
 * 5)  https://bit.ly/2TyXjZW 
 * 6)  https://www.aclu-wa.org/pages/timeline-muslim-ban 
 * 7) file:///Users/mkumar/Downloads/seattle-court-order-19717309322_0.pdf
 * 8)  https://www.aclu.org/blog/immigrants-rights/well-see-you-court-20-once-muslim-ban-still-muslim-ban?redirect=blog/speak-freely/well-see-you-court-20-once-muslim-ban-still-muslim-ban 
 * 9)  https://www.aclu.org/news/supreme-court-issues-mixed-order-muslim-ban-implementation 
 * 10)  https://www.aclu-wa.org/cases/doe-et-al-v-trump 
 * 11)  https://www.aclu-wa.org/cases/doe-et-al-v-trump 
 * 12)  https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/26/politics/travel-ban-by-the-numbers/index.html 
 * 13)  https://eosm2018.wordpress.com/2018/04/16/leadership-in-nobannowall-movement/ 

14. http://time.com/4653873/donald-trump-immigration-ban/ 

15. https://www.buzzfeed.com/aishagani/no-ban-no-wall-tweets-trump 

16. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40455303 

17. https://www.bustle.com/p/grandparents-not-terrorists-tweets-highlight-how-senseless-people-think-the-travel-ban-is-67822 

18. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/11/key-facts-about-the-migrant-and-refugee-caravans-making-their-way-to-the-usa/ 

=  "Response To Peer Reviews"  = Birks Sachdev:


 * 1) Thank you for mentioning the typo, I have corrected them.
 * 2) I have capitalized the "M" for Mexico and the P's for President in the entire article. Thank you for the corrections.
 * 3) The Analog antecedents Kiana section does has it's sources listed at the bottom but we will work on adding them to the section. It's very important to cite the information and thank you for this suggestion.
 * 4) We will try to rearrange the flow of the article so that it's easier for readers.
 * 5) We are currently in the process of searching for Images and diagrams that we can use and will publish them soon. Thank you for your peer review!

Jeshua Peer Review:


 * 1) You are right, we should mention more about the importance of social media and we have facts about how it started and the number of tweets, Instagram posts etc. that we will add to the article. Along with a bunch of other related and popular hashtags.
 * 2) We have gathered the 5 most important tweets and the screenshots on our presentation and will add them to our article. Thanks for reminding,
 * 3) Social media has been very essential for this movement and we will add this to the importance of social media part and the history of the movement as it started on social media.
 * 4) It was a combination of organic and planned growth and we will add more to every section of our article as well as improving the flow and creativity. Thanks for the review.

Charlie Faramarzi:

1. You’re right, we definitely need to go through the article and fix all the grammatical errors and make It consistent.

2. Good point! The hashtag for that specific part of the movement is #GrandparentsNotTerrorists, we will make that more clear.

3. Will definitely reword this better.

4. That is a great catch! We want to make sure our content is relevant and flows well, will edit this

5. “right swing” is a little confusing, will rewrite

Armand Peer Review Respond:


 * 1) Topic sentences of our article draft need improvement and we will make them more clear and informative.
 * 2) The quoted sentences that you have mentioned do sound like they are opinion based but some of them are factual and we will add the citations to these. However, not all of them have sources so we will remove some of the "opinion based" parts of our article and edit the parts to make them sound more factual and neutral.
 * 3) Indicated grammar error has been corrected. We will check for more grammar errors.
 * 4) As suggested by other peers we are currently working on making our article more suitable to the Wikipedia style. We are rearranging and editing some of the section titles to make the article more suitable for Wikipedia.

Dallas Nguyen

1. There is quite a bit of language here that is emotionally charged/biased. We’ll revise it so our article can maintain neutral.

2. Great point! We will get more information from academic journals and similar sources.

3. Will remove words such as erupted from our article to avoid editorializing

4. We can restructure to be more Wikipedia friendly as opposed to using the Move me template!

"Article Evaluation"

Gezi Park Protests

Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?


 * "The Gezi Park protests" article is a brief and accurate overview of the Gezi Park movements that took place in Turkey. Most of the information in the article is relevant to the topic and allows non Turkish readers to understand the movements. However, the "Events leading up to the protests" section is for the readers as it comes before some of the most relevant information about the Gezi protests itself. It would be more effective and clear to have this section after the timeline of the protest itself and other important categories such as use of social media, political response from government etc. Other than that, all of the topics seem to be relevant and allow the readers to understand the Gezi movements.

Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?


 * This article is neutral and the claims don't appear to be heavily biased toward a particular position. However, the article might sound like it's criticizing president Erdogan and the Turkish government but the Wiki editors did a great job using a neutral tone and trying to use the facts of both sides to allow the readers take their position about the social movements. Overall, the editors did a good job keeping a neutral tone and using facts to layout various acts of both sides. (Turkish Government and the protesters.) This can be seen by the efforts of the government to disable people using social media and using heavy forced police attacks as well as some of the situations where the protestors damaged the surrouning areas. Overall the article analyzes the protests from both sides and remains a neutral position.

Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?


 * I think that there are some missing information about why the Turkish government resisted against the protests. The article doesn't talk about why the Turkish government wanted to destroy the park other than only mentioning the shopping mall and Ottoman building construction. I don't think that the viewpoints of the protesters are over represented but it would help the readers to know why the government wanted to remove the park so badly and resisted against these protest. Overall, the article gives a very detailed overview of the protesters but could add some of the ideas and thoughts of the government as they seem to be unknown. Even if the plan of the government regarding the shopping mall construction is not a environmentally desirable act, it would be beneficial to know why they wanted to stick with this projects. For example what would be the effect of this project to the local economy? etc.

Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?


 * The links attached to the citations work and they seem to be reliable and are related to the specific topic represented in the article.

Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?


 * The reference list seems to be appropriate with reliable sources. Most of the sources are Turkish or international news companies such as CNN, BBC, Hurriyet, Millliyet etc. However, as stated in the article, some of these Turkish news companies were biased and tried to protect the government from these protests. Since the article uses various sources this allows removes biased references. It's good that the editors used all kinds of news sources such as Halk Tv which is known to be a channel that supported the protesters during the movements and TRT which is the local news channel owned by the government which was criticized for not showing the Gezi Park protests on their live news reports.

Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?


 * The information doesn't seem to be out of date but it would be helpful to mention some of the young protesters that died during the protests such as Ethem Sarisuluk, Berkin Elvan and Ali Ismail Korkmaz. I think these should be added because it shows ho these teenagers passed while they were peacefully contributing to the Gezi Protests at Istanbul and Ankara.

Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?


 * There were chats mainly about whether or not the protest are still ongoing. To answer this question, the Gei movement happened and ended the same year but the example protests during some university graduation ceremonies are not considered as the continuation of the Gezi protests. Not all protests against the government that happen today is the Gezi protest and should not be viewed as a part of the Gezi Protests. The current protests can be viewed as an effect of the Gezi protests but not as the Gezi Protests itself. Some Wiki users argued about the "ongoing" status of the Gezi protests and some users mentioned that it's not important whether it's ongoing or not. I think that the Gezi Protests are defienelty over but they protests have encouraged citizens to stand against the government when they don't like certain decision. This has allowed the citizens to understand their power by gathering and protesting. However, this doesn't mean that the Gezi protests are still ongoing because the protest are no longer related to the Gezi park situation.

How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?


 * The article is part of the WikiProject Politics and is rated C-class. This shows that the topic is very worthwhile but the content of the article can be improved to make it more reliable and accurate. Wiki Project has rated this article as "low-importance" for Wiki Politics and Mid Importance for WikiProject Turkey. This shows that the article has a lot of room for improvement as it's a major political movement that happened in Turkey but is still ranked as "low importance" on WikiProjects. Wiki editors should continue working on the chronology of the article to make it clear and simple for readers. I believe that most editors of this article are Turkish and they assumed that everyone knows the Gezi movement but in reality the movement could be described better using a simple chronological order by keeping the details and events related to the Gezi Protests to the end rather than having them in the beginning and middle of the article.

How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?


 * Wikipedia articles require a lot of facts about complex social movements whereas in class we can summarize social movements and their effects with a couple sentences. Wikipedia uses a very neutral tone when describing these movements but when we discuss about political movement we tend to be biased and share our own opinions. Wikipedia articles strongly avoid the presence of bias and personal opinions which allows us to access neutral articles. Wikipedia doesn't allow editors to upload videos and documentaries of the events due to copy right issues which is another difference from our discussions about various political movements in class. We usually refer to documentaries, interviews and movies about political and social movements but Wikipedia only provides written resource and doesn't provide videos, documentaries or movies related to the article.

Link to Article Talk: Talk:Gezi Park protests

Assignment 2: Choose 2-3 potential articles from that list that you could tackle, and post links to the articles and your notes about what you might improve in your sandbox.

Article 1: Gezi Park Protests

Link to article: Gezi Park protests


 * Update on whether the effects of this movement are still available in Turkey or not.
 * Effect of these protests on the government. Did anything change? Did the Gezi Park project take place?
 * Overall I will provide information about the post protest effects of this social movement. This was a serious social movement which is explained in the article but the effects of the protests are not very clear.
 * Has the Gezi Protests been remembered every year. Are there nationwide events during the anniversary? Not really, the effect of Gezi protests hasn't been present.
 * The changes made in the Taksim Square and the current situation of the Gezi Park.

Article 2: Media Censorship and disinformation during the Gezi Park protests

Link to article: Media censorship and disinformation during the Gezi Park protests


 * Focus on the importance of Twitter and Whats app during the protests. The importance of twitter and the hashtags #gerziparki #heryergeziheryerdirenis(explain the meaning of these hashtags) etc. Importance of these hashtags and how the protesters used to share information about the protests. The role of twitter to allow protesters to meet at various locations and post updates using hashtags.
 * Twitter is mentioned in the article but the importance of social media is not very clear. These protests became popular because of the use of social media and effective hashtags. Everyone became aware of the protests via Twitter/social media and this allowed the protests to grow.
 * The social media and internet censorship during the protests to stop protesters ask for help/participation in various locations during the protests. Since the protests became nationwide and throughout the day, protesters at different parts of the country and cities would ask for attendance or help using social media. People in twitter directed their friends living there to help or participated in the protests themselves. In response to this collaboration that took place in social media, the government slowed down the internet and blocked social media in most protest locations.

Article 3: Refugees of the Syrian Civil War

Link to article: Refugees of the Syrian Civil War


 * This article should be updated as the political situation in Syria has started to settle down. What are the refugees doing now? Are they going back to their home country or still staying at their host countries?
 * The article describes how many refugees these countries hosted, the number of refugees etc. but lacks information about the effect of these refugees on the local economy, society etc.
 * The article lacks some of the important events such as the death of the little baby that passed while his family was trying to travel from the Aegean costs of Turkey to Greece on a inflatable boat.
 * The importance of social media to spread such painful and important events. The dead body of the little kid was spread throughout the world and allowed people to be aware of what these refugees are doing to stay alive.

Article 4: Block of Wikipedia in Turkey

Link to article: Block of Wikipedia in Turkey


 * The article states that the only reason for this censorship was Turkey being the "sponsor" of ISIS. However, these kinds of censorships have been seen before during the Gezi protests and the failed coup attempt. Was the ISIS problem the only reason for this block? The announcement made by the Turkish officials states that "
 * The article states that "As of January 2018, Wikipedia was still banned in Turkey" and this information needs to be updated as Wikipedia still remains to be banned in Turkey.
 * The article doesn't provide much information provided by both Wikipedia and the Turkish government regarding the ban. Would be important to know if Wikipedia made any efforts to remove this ban.
 * Did the opinion of the Turkish officials change since than? What kind of easily accessible online sources are Turkish citizens using after the ban of Wikipedia?

Edit to Article

6.3 #NoBanNoWall On January 25th, 2017 the hashtag “#NoBanNoWall” first was seen on social media platform Twitter quickly after Donald Trump released news of executive order 13769. The use of social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram became a catalyst for an opposition movement that resulted in political mobilization and awareness of the issue.

The #nobannowall movement has been used in multiple social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram, Flickr and more. On January 25, 2017 protesters gathered at Washington Square Park in New York and chanted: “No ban, no wall.” These chants were soon used in twitter as #nobannowall to protest President Trump’s border wall and Muslim ban policies. As the hashtag became popular on Twitter it was used on other social media platforms. There are multiple Facebook groups and pages on #nobannowall along with events that were created for protests at various locations. There are currently 276K posts on Instagram with the hashtag #nobannowall and this shows the use of various social media platforms for this social movement.

Conservative supporters of the wall and executive order responded with social media support of hashtags #BuildTheWall and #BanTheMuslims, among others.