Philippines Background:
Edsa people power revolutions 1, 2 & 3.
Tilma Baumgaertel articles:
nettime : Tilman Baumgaertel on txting culture in the Philippines.
www.thing.de/tilman/txting.html
nettime : Tilman Baumgaertel interview with Prof. Milagros Carreon-Laurel, University of the Philippines
http://www.thing.de/tilman/txting2.html
Txtpower history:
Mobile Active : TXT Power in the Philippines.
http://mobileactive.org/taxonomy/term/22
Raul Pertierra article:
Raul Pertierra : The role of mobile phones and the Internet in the political culture of the Philippines
http://mokk.bme.hu/centre/conferences/reactivism/submissions/document.2005-07-12.6103423940
General reading about mobile cultures:
Textually.org : The SMS and politics category from the very extensive Textually site, almost 500 posts in this category alone. http://www.textually.org/textually/archives/cat_sms_and_politics.htm
Keitai : A blog about Mobility, culture and user experience
http://stephanierieger.com/content/universals-of-mobile-culture/
smallsurfaces : Mobile culture in the Asia Pacific
http://www.smallsurfaces.com/2007/03/mobile-culture-in-the-asia-pacific/
The Economist : txt activism in Sao Paolo.
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10219930