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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 believes that new technologies enabling loose ­collaboration — and taking advantage of “spare” brainpower — will change the way society works. Full bio »

Translated into Dutch by Ellen Westenbrink
Reviewed by Els De Keyser
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