So, Will The Revolution Be Twittered or Facebooked?
December 20th, 2009 by SocProf and tagged Activism, Collective Behavior, Culture, Ideologies, Media, Music, Social Networks, Sociology
We’re back to this topic after the whole Rage Against the Machine defeating some X Factor dude after a Facebook campaign.
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Phil BC, the Very Public Sociologist, provides the analysis:
And draws the same conclusion I have drawn several times already:
Or, as the No One is Innocent song goes “révolution.com, comme ça manque de sueur.”
A virtual flash mob does not a social movement makes.
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