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Clay Shirky: Hoe sociale media geschiedenis kunnen schrijven

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Terwijl nieuws uit Iran de wereld binnenstroomt, laat Clay Shirky zien hoe Facebook, Twitter en sms-berichten burgers in landen met een repressief regime kunnen helpen bij het melden van echt nieuws, zodat ze de censuur kunnen omzeilen (zij het kort). Het einde van de top-down beheersing van het nieuws verandert de aard van de politiek.

Clay Shirky argues that the history of the modern world could be rendered as the history of ways of arguing, where changes in media change what sort of arguments are possible -- with deep social and political implications. Full bio »

Translated into Dutch by Ellen Westenbrink
Reviewed by Els De Keyser
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