Issocial-mediathe key tounderstanding theJasmine Revolutioninallof its complexity?TheTHEFUTUREOFmostpowerfultheoreticalanalysis,found in JosephPOWERNye's The Future of Power,is thatthe newpowerdynamics are driven bycitizen's ability to networkand mobilize with hand-held information devicesurutlendtaidseilaflaieinthaEsiesity-findtceitunsheurahbnbcttergidrAsaconsequence politicalMADELEINEN ALBRIGHThierarchies of authority arebeing challenged as neverJOSEPHS.NYE,Jrbefore
Is social-media the key to understanding the Jasmine Revolution in all of its complexity? The most powerful theoretical analysis, found in Joseph Nye’s The Future of Power, is that the new power dynamics are driven by citizen’s ability to network and mobilize with handheld information devices. As a consequence political hierarchies of authority are being challenged as never before
InformationWHO'Sstatechnology isAFRAIDOFshifting powerTWITTER?!towards thecitizen.TwitterFacebook andYouTubeaccelerate thedisseminationofresistance-basednarratives that are then broadcast byglobal news networks
Information technology is shifting power towards the citizen. Twitter, Facebook and YouTube accelerate the dissemination of resistance-based narratives that are then broadcast by global news networks
Are thesetechnologies effective weaponsforadvancing democracy or are they overrated andoversoldasmessengersofnewcitizenshippractices?MANAGEMENTTEAMPASOPVOLLEDIGVERNIEUWDn花MalcolmGladwellPERONGELUKGOEROEPopularthinkers likeMalcolm GladwellEvgeny Morozov andClayShirky tradeblowsovertheutility of social media to the future of radical change
Are these technologies effective weapons for advancing democracy or are they overrated and oversold as messengers of new citizenship practices? Popular thinkers like Malcolm Gladwell, Evgeny Morozov and Clay Shirky trade blows over the utility of social media to the future of radical change
Gladwell thinks thatsocial media doesnot play a majorrole if people wantto revolt.Hence his mosticoniclanguage:“The revolution willnot be tweeted
Gladwell thinks that social media does not play a major role if people want to revolt. Hence his most iconic language: “The revolution will not be tweeted
Gladwell is worried thattoo manytweeting"voices unconnected bythestrongties ofaunifyingideology,meansthatembattled socialmovementswon'tachieve theirgoalsFor success weneed tolooktohierarchicalmovements ofthe pastthat emphasized the“strongties"of activism
Gladwell is worried that too many “tweeting” voices unconnected by the strong ties of a unifying ideology, means that embattled social movements won’t achieve their goals. For success we need to look to hierarchical movements of the past that emphasized the “strong ties” of activism