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“In Times of Unrest, Social Networks Can Be a Distraction”Andrea Chong, TWC G13
ICT and World Change
Past, Present and Future
“The mass media, including interactive social-networking tools, make you passive, can sap your initiative, leave you content to watch the spectacle of life from your couch or smartphone. Apparently even during a revolution.”
-Navid HassanpourYale Graduate Student
Main Points
Implicated many apolitical citizens
Forced more face-to-face communication
Decentralized the rebellion
“Shutting down radicalizes things”
Egyptian protestsjanuary 2011
Key Takeaways
“Full connectivity in a social network can hinder collective action”
“Localization process”- movement spreading across a region
We become unpredictable when we don’t know what’s going on.
Rating: 9/10