Dissidents use social media to spread unrest
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Political dissidents have always been difficult for governments to suppress, but political unrest is even more difficult to suppress in an age of Twitter, Facebook, texting and cell phones. Lou Heldman, a social media strategist at Wichita State University and former publisher of The Wichita Eagle and Kansas.com, says social media is starting to impact governments worldwide.
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