How digital media help organize the occupy movement?

If you had follow the Hong Kong's new. you must know about the occupy movement in Hong Kong. It was the student's strike in the beginning and became the occupy movement through the citizens because of some student was under arrest and the police's over-violence in 28th of September. How could the participants increased to almost 200,000 very soon on that day? Also. how can people keep in tough of the newest information of the movement?

I think it is because of the digital media. the Facebook pages giving the newest information to the protesters, which can help to gather them to organizing the movement. For example, some of the Facebook pages such as SocRec had a 24 hours Live show of the movement. The protesters could know the situation about the different occupied areas clearly. For example, the anti-occupy people was surround and using violence to the protesters in Mong Kong on 3^rd October in 2014. The other protesters could know it immediately. So, they could decide where they go for support or what materials they should bring for help.

 

Also, the social networking like Whatsapp, Telegram, Firechat can gather the protesters who are actually strangers in the real world. They can use these APPs to contact during the movement. Protesters can lead or organize the movement by these tools. For example, protesters could mention the situation of the movement by the social networking APPs. Then, the others might understand where is it or what happening. It can encourage people to participate in the movement.

In conclusion, the social Medias like Facebook have a very important role to help organize the occupy movement.