Comments on: Global Health: Twitter Face-Off To Fight Malaria http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/04/20/global-health-twitter-face-off-to-fight-malaria/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:21:58 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Curing Malaria in 140 Characters or Less « Mass Media, Technology, and American Democracy http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/04/20/global-health-twitter-face-off-to-fight-malaria/comment-page-1/#comment-1567200 Curing Malaria in 140 Characters or Less « Mass Media, Technology, and American Democracy Fri, 15 May 2009 07:31:11 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=69735#comment-1567200 [...] Malaria in 140 Characters or Less U.S. actor Ashton Kutcher recently challenged CNN to a Twitter race in an effort to raise awareness .... Kutcher pledged to donate 10,000 malaria nets to the non-profit organization Malaria No More on [...] [...] Malaria in 140 Characters or Less U.S. actor Ashton Kutcher recently challenged CNN to a Twitter race in an effort to raise awareness …. Kutcher pledged to donate 10,000 malaria nets to the non-profit organization Malaria No More on [...]

]]> By: bernardo parrella http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/04/20/global-health-twitter-face-off-to-fight-malaria/comment-page-1/#comment-1564523 bernardo parrella Sat, 25 Apr 2009 03:12:05 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=69735#comment-1564523 actually this story became a true hysteria in the US media, linking together the kutcher saga (ended thursday eve) with oprah joining twitter live on tv (on friday pm); everybody just focused on the 'tweeting' stuff and the huge success for twitter (even if the company still has to make a cent in profit after three years); the malaria charity nets? world malaria day? nahhhh....a simple footnote, when we're lucky, basically lost in this stunning media frenzy... actually this story became a true hysteria in the US media, linking together the kutcher saga (ended thursday eve) with oprah joining twitter live on tv (on friday pm); everybody just focused on the ‘tweeting’ stuff and the huge success for twitter (even if the company still has to make a cent in profit after three years); the malaria charity nets? world malaria day? nahhhh….a simple footnote, when we’re lucky, basically lost in this stunning media frenzy…

]]> By: Stef Schiffer http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/04/20/global-health-twitter-face-off-to-fight-malaria/comment-page-1/#comment-1564483 Stef Schiffer Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:01:42 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=69735#comment-1564483 The campaign to provide bed nets is tantamount to telling families in Africa to stay in bed. Take a few minutes to watch <a href="http://www.worldbytes.org/programmes/006/006_002.html" rel="nofollow">this video by WORLDwrite volunteers</a> http://www.worldbytes.org/programmes/006/006_002.html The campaign to provide bed nets is tantamount to telling families in Africa to stay in bed. Take a few minutes to watch this video by WORLDwrite volunteers

http://www.worldbytes.org/programmes/006/006_002.html

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