[lbo-talk] The role of social media in the Egyptian uprising

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Thu Feb 10 11:23:55 PST 2011


What does "social media" mean? I'm unfamiliar with the term.

Carrol

-----Original Message----- From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org] On Behalf Of Doug Henwood Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 1:02 PM To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] The role of social media in the Egyptian uprising

On Feb 10, 2011, at 1:54 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote:


> We can see in hindsight the effect of the printing press on western
consciousness; social media is having a similar impact though few have the patience or insight to articulate it.

Really? If I hear another hymn of praise to social media, I may fucking scream.

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