How Cell Phone Cameras Shape OWS

Protestors from Occupy Wall Street have hit the streets recently with their picket-signs high. However, it is not what they are protesting that is interesting, it is how they are gaining attention. Granted there are many people who see them on the streets, but even more people see them on the internet, with the help of a few technological devices. Protesters are using their cell phones to shoot videos of certain acts or ideas that the protesters want to convey, and they post them for the world to see. In fact, Fox News had interviewed one of the protesters, but did not show it on the news because they felt that it hadn't gone the way they had hoped. But, what Fox didn't know was that there was a cell phone on the scene, and that video was soon on the internet for the whole world to see. Seemingly, this idea is very creative. As stated in the article, there are more cellphones in the United States than there are human beings (Salon.com). Obviously, the protesters at Occupy Wall Street have caught onto this information and used it to their advantage.

Joshua Holland, the author of this article, seems very informed when writing this article. It even seems as if he has been at the scene of the protests, as he incorporates numerous first-person reports from the area, and voices their arguments with their own dialogue. However, because this article is mostly quotations, it is impossible to determine if there is any bias in this article, since holland rarely voices his own opinion. Nevertheless, he is able to convey the freedom that the protesters feel knowing that their ideas are reaching the mainstream.