TED Talk by Slay Shiky How Social Media Can Make History:
While news from Iran streams to the world, Clay Shirky shows how Facebook, Twitter and TXTs help citizens in repressive regimes to report on real news, bypassing censors (however briefly). The end of top-down control of news is changing the nature of politics.
If you’re reading this blog, I know that Social Media is changing everything we’ve experienced with news in the past. Watch what Clay Shirky says how Social Media is making history. He’ll talk about innovation, citizen reporters, and their use of Social Media, and how that’s changing everything we do today.
