In 2011, members of a movement calling themselves "occupy wall street" relied heavily on social media websites to coordinate their protests. they protested what they saw as corporations having too much control of government, contributing to economic problems. is this type of political and civic participation important in u. s. society?

Civic participation is an individual or group activity which addresses some issue of public concern. This kind of participation is important to society, as it encourages developing creative solutions to problems, and it generates innovative ideas to put into practice. It is also crucial for the creation and development of involved citizens, as it makes people become involved in the issues that concern them, and not merely critics of a certain situation. The use of social media websites facilitates the extent to which the ideas reach the public, allowing more people to get involved by removing physical barriers and shortening distance between participants.

nationalization is the set of dispositions and operations by means of which the state assumes, in varied form, the administration of private companies, of groups of companies or of the totality of certain economic sectors previously managed by individuals, such as the land portions. nationalization is the opposite of privatization. it is also called nationalization of the means of production, although a nationalized company can be previously both national and foreign ownership. nationalization or nationalization is a very characteristic action of ideologies such as socialism and nationalism.