I can't stop reading about the Iran protests. Oh man.
I'm also really hungover from drinking way too much last night, so this is going to be short. I wanted to share a really interesting video about how the internet is changing the media. <3 TED
"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.
I'm also really hungover from drinking way too much last night, so this is going to be short. I wanted to share a really interesting video about how the internet is changing the media. <3 TED
"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.
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