The internet played in mobilising demonstrators
This is the first, and I suspect the only time I will quote an article in the Socialist Worker.
For some reason this weird organisation decided to research how people got to know about anti-war demonstrations. It was no surprise to discover that 24% of protesters found out about the demonstration through a website.
It was a surprise that it was not the “internet-savvy youth” who rely most on the web, but older age groups. In particular the 36 to 50 year olds.
Young people were less likely than others to have found out about the demonstration through an email from someone outside of their immediate social circle. Just 3% of the under 18s and 7% of those aged 18 to 25 mentioned this, compared to 22 percent of the over 50s.
This suggests it is the older activists who make the best use of internet and email communication. How interesting. Dick Stroud
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