Q&A with Clay Shirky on Twitter and Iran

TED | Jun. 17, 2009 (Interview)

This is the first revolution that has been catapulted onto a global stage and transformed by social media. I've been thinking a lot about the Chicago demonstrations of 1968 where they chanted "the whole world is watching." Really, that wasn't true then. But this time it's true ... and people throughout the world are not only listening but responding. Full Story »

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Subjects: World, Business, Sci/Tech, Media
Topics: Iran, Internet, Social Networks
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Posted by: Posted by Derek Hawkins - Jun 17, 2009 - 12:34 PM PDT
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Insightful remarks from one of Web journalism's best critics. Shirky calls what's happening with social networks in Iran a "sea-change."

I’ve been saying this for a while — as a medium gets faster, it gets more emotional. We feel faster than we think. But Twitter is also just a much more personal ... More »

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