One and a half years ago, I posted this about Iran, concluding that "whether or not this is enough to topple a government remains to be seen, but social media is surely making history and contributing to democracy."
These days, social media - together with email and SMS - is powering leaderless revolutions across North Africa and the Middle East.
Q.E.D.
PS Euan Semple draws an interesting parallel between desire for change in countries and in organisations.
Saturday, 26 February 2011
Will social media change history? (Part III) Yes, it has already
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Euan Semple,
foreign affairs,
history,
media,
Middle East,
politics,
social media,
Web 2.0
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