Moldova's Twitter revolution is NOT a myth | Net Effect

Foreign Policy | Apr. 10, 2009 (News Analysis)

Perhaps, the biggest fallacy committed by the critics of my "Twitter revolution" thesis has been to assume that Twitter exists in some sort of isolated environment that is easily quantifiable and shut off from other media platforms. It's this kind of assumption that leads them to conclude that "few Twitter accounts=few reasons for the Twitter revolution to happen." Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Kelly Garrett - Apr 22, 2009 - 6:52 AM PDT
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Edited by: Kelly Garrett - Apr 22, 2009 - 6:53 AM PDT

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 by Kelly Garrett - Apr. 22, 2009

This is a very thorough response to critics of the "Twitter revolution" claim. It offers a nuanced account of the role of Twitter, acknowledging its limits while simultaneously pointing out the ways in which the technology really did matter.

This is a remarkably sophisticated discussion of a new technology in the context of politics for the news media.

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