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Wireless Technology for Social Change

Read the new report on trends in mobile use by NGOs:

Wireless Technology for Social Change.

The report was commissioned by the UN Foundation/Vodafone Group Foundation Partnership and written by Katrin Verclas and Sheila Kinkade.

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Streaming Video From Your Mobile: When the Mobile Becomes a Television

March 23, 2008 | admin

file under:
bbc, citizen media, comvu, flixwagon, mobile media, mobile video, mtv, ngos, nonprofits, qik, streaming video

Streaming video from your mobile almost feels like magic. A video taken on your mobile phone appears, in real time, on the web and even allows users to interact with the mobile phone user through real-time chat functions. "It's immediate, it's there, and it's one click away," Flixwagon CEO Eran Hess told the BBC in a recent video interview. "It's very easy to do."

MobileActive tested two streaming video applications, Qik and Flixwagon, to see how they measured up for use by nonprofits and advocacy organizations that want to document and feature video content in real time. Lastly, we discuss how streaming video can be used for social impact.

Super Tuesday: Getting Out the Youth Vote with Citizen Journalism

February 4, 2008 | CorinneRamey

file under:
citizen journalism, election, get-out-the vote, mtv

This February 5th isn't just any Tuesday in the United States. It's Super Tuesday, so named because 23 of the 50 states are holding presidential primaries, making it the contest that could potentially determine the all-important presidential Democratic and Republican nominees.

Television station MTV (Music Video Television) has an innovative new effort to get out the youth vote and merge citizen journalism with mainstream media. The effort, dubbed "Street Team '08," is made possible through mobile phones.

Clever Social Marketing/Mobile Campaign#2: Young Creatives' MTV Mobile Ad: Go Low Carbon

December 19, 2007 | KatrinVerclas

file under:
mobile film, mtv, nokia, social marketing, young creatives

Mobile social adverts - and the winner is here. MTV Networks International and Nokia teamed up earlier this year in a new campaign called MTV Switch to to inform, entertain and encourage climate-conscious behaviour amongst global youth, driving traffic to MTV.