October 11, 2010 by Nick Clayton · Leave a Comment
Social media enthusiasts over-estimate the power of services such as Twitter and Facebook have as drivers of social change. Twitter's decision to delay outages to its service which would have accompanied updates did not enable protesters to bring down the Iranian government after disputed elections. for instance.
Does that mean social media will never evolve to the point where they may be central to movements for social change? Click the links to read my full article in the Caledonian Mercury.
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