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Mobile phones have become the primary means of communication for many people all over the world. The internet, too, connects more people to each other than previously thought possible. Everyday people are finding new ways to transform their world using new communications technologies. This project, SMS Activism, or SMactivism, will be my personal research hub as I explore ways in which these technologies are used in the context of social and environmental activism.

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Hundreds of text messages stating "I love my rice GMO-free" kept Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Arthur Yap's phone busy from 12 noon to 1 PM of March 15. His new textmates: Filipino consumers demanding GMO-free rice and rice production. The text barrage was the World Consumers' D

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Matthew Murphy currently works as a management information analyst. He is also a freelance writer, blogger, and online media consultant. He writes on topics ranging from the internet to the environment. As a concerned environmentalist, Matthew uses compact florescent lightbulbs, buys local produce, and hopes that you do, too. His educational background includes degrees in business administration and telecommunications management. He's been surfing the 'net for almost a decade and crashing his computer for about 25 years now.

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