Foreign Affairs LIVE -- Digital Power: Social Media & Political Change
Article Summary and Author Biography
A Foreign Affairs discussion on the role of social media and technology in fostering political change.
CLAY SHIRKY is Professor of New Media at New York University and the author of Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age. ANNE-MARIE SLAUGHTER is Bert G. Kerstetter '66 University Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University. GIDEON ROSE is Editor and Peter G. Peterson Chair of Foreign Affairs.
Popular protests from Tunisia and Egypt to Bahrain and Libya have shaken the Middle East's established order to its roots. Are they evidence of the political power of social media? Have the internet, Facebook, Twitter, and other innovations ushered in a revolutionary new era in global politics?
Watch the discussion with Clay Shirky, professor of New Media at New York University, Anne-Marie Slaughter, former director of policy planning at the State Department, and Editor Gideon Rose. Foreign Affairs magazine hosted this event on March 31, 2011 at the Council on Foreign Relations.
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