Is Social Media Playing a Role in a Global Power Revolution?
Social media and technology are mere catalysts in a global revolution that’s altering the very nature of power in our civilization. This movement is mixing the top-down “old power” with a sideways-flowing “new power,” according to the 92Y’s deputy executive director, Henry Timms. Timms believes social media is accelerating a people-driven revolution that’s transforming everything from political arrangements to business models, organizations to philosophies. “Old power is download power that served the few,” said Timms to the Mashable Connect audience in Orlando, Fla. It’s a theory in “beta version,”...
Published By: Mashable - Tuesday, 8 May, 2012
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