I have been so impressed with the incredible rise of citizen journalism, through the use of social networking sites. I have joined Twitter in order to follow the progress of the people's revolt against the coup in Iran. I will also use it as a platform to post news and updates on visual/performance/live art, politics, activism, participation and agitation. I wont though be following anyone who posts personal anecdotes, I am mostly interested in media distribution and topics of citizenship.
http://twitter.com/CAMUSLIVEART
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.
How twitter can make history "The moment our historical generation is living through, is the largest increase in expressive capability in human history."
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