The Online Rant » Video http://www.theonlinerant.com Jamie's thoughts, ideas, and struggles Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:25:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The power of the social web http://www.theonlinerant.com/2009/06/17/the-power-of-the-social-web/ http://www.theonlinerant.com/2009/06/17/the-power-of-the-social-web/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:13:38 +0000 Jamie Barrows http://www.theonlinerant.com/?p=599 I already posted this video in my twitter feed, but in light of the current happenings in Iran, I thought I would post it here as well. That way if you missed it in my twitter feed or if you don’t follow me on twitter you will still see it.
Watch this and you should get a better understanding of how powerful and revolutionary the social web (Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Etc.) actually is.

This video really highlights why the social web is so disruptive and game changing for both governments and traditional news. The amazing thing is that you can see it happening right now with the Iran situation. If you really want to know what is going on in Iran, your best source for news is Twitter. And that news isn’t being generated by governments or by news organizations. It’s being generated by individuals who are directly involved.

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Very interesting video on Western perceptions of both wealth and health in the third world.

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