Clay Shirky
Video
A Foreign Affairs discussion on the role of social media and technology in fostering political change.
Response
Mar/Apr
2011
Do the tools of social media make it possible for protesters to challenge their governments? Malcolm Gladwell argues that there is no evidence that they do; Clay Shirky disagrees.
Essay
Jan/Feb
2011
Discussion of the political impact of social media has focused on the power of mass protests to topple governments. In fact, social media's real potential lies in supporting civil society and the public sphere -- which will produce change over years and decades, not weeks or months.
