… in cases where there are no tools of communication, people still get together. So I don’t see that as being… in looking at history, I don’t see the absence of efficient tools of communication as being a limiting factor on the ability of people to socially organize – Malcolm Gladwell
So he’s saying Facebook isn’t as life-changing as everybody says it is. I agree with him, because if there is one thing the uprisings in the Middle East show, it’s that political reform was/is necessary.
Contrary to public thought, I don’t think the uprisings show that due of these social media platforms, people can communicate in groups easily. As Gladwell mentions in this interview, people have mobilized en-masse long before these social networks existed.
I would add, though, that for those very young proponents of Facebook as a “revolution starter”, we need to be careful how such technologies are made available to them. Just as these technologies are tools, they need to be used appropriately.
So he’s saying Facebook isn’t as life-changing as everybody says it is. I agree with him, because if there is one thing the uprisings in the Middle East show, it’s that political reform was/is necessary.
Contrary to public thought, I don’t think the uprisings show that due of these social media platforms, people can communicate in groups easily. As Gladwell mentions in this interview, people have mobilized en-masse long before these social networks existed.
I would add, though, that for those very young proponents of Facebook as a “revolution starter”, we need to be careful how such technologies are made available to them. Just as these technologies are tools, they need to be used appropriately.