Gladwell vs. Shirky: A Year Later, Scoring the Debate Over Social Media Revolutions (Wired)
The New Yorker’s Malcolm Gladwell has famously argued that “the media [has] oversold Twitter and Facebook as tools for political action.” But events of the past year – most notably the Arab Spring and the Occupy Wall Street movement – seem to have disproved Gladwell’s assertion.
Occupy Facebook: Social Network for Protesters in the Works (Mashable)
The new site will be called The Global Square, and it is intended to unite Occupy protesters across the world. The hitch? In order to join, you have to have a sponsor to “ensure you are trustworthy.”
