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

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Feb 10 13:38:15 PST 2011


On Feb 10, 2011, at 4:30 PM, Michael Pollak wrote:


> Isn't "social media" redundant?

What's different about this stuff is the immediacy and endless capacity to link, retweet, click, echo, etc. etc. It's not at all clear that it's good for social bonds. It can also be a means of alienation and displacement.

Doug



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