Clay Shirky - How Cell Phones And Facebook Have Changed The Media Game

I found this video fascinating in that it made some really good points. With the advent of the "new media", amateur video, and press has WAY more power than the traditional press. Before when you had an earthquake, it make take several days before you found out anything. Now, you can be update as it happens, not because there are more news reporters and anchors out in the world, but because we now have the ability to take pictures of something as it is happening, and broadcast it on mediums that are accessed by millions of people around the world.

It's an amazing and scary thought as to the amount of power, and influence we have. It would be nice to think that we will use these abilities for good, but there are going to be those out there who would use this gift for evil. And, of course, the lines between good and evil are going to be blurred as we go along, but hopefully, people will opt to see the good that can be done with social media, and guide it to be a force for change.






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