Correspondingly, clay shirky, a strong believer of the political influence of social media says that in fact, the effect of social media, the political effect is principally in allowing people, who are discontent with their government, to find each other, to coordinate their feelings and to decide to take action. The effect of social media usage will include the benefits on participation as well as the disadvantages relating to sensationalism and accuracy. However, not only does it present enormous benefit to political organizations, it also presents a unique opportunity to the public combating abuse of power. Clay shirky, a major commentator on social media is most optimistic about the potential of the new networking technologies to bring about significant social change.
The end of topdown control of news is changing the nature of politics. Clay shirky may be the finest thinker we have on the internet revolution, but here. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading here comes everybody. It is more than a magazine it is the international forum of choice for the most important new ideas, analysis, and debate on the most significant issues in the world. Shirky starts by talking about some different concepts, and ill touch on a few of them that stood out to me most. T echnology, the public sphere and political change, foreign affairs, v ol. Clay shirky is professor of new media at new york university.
The political power of social media foreign affairs. The political power of social media technology, the public sphere, and political change clay shirky on january 17, 2001, during the impeachment trial of philippine president joseph estrada, loyalists in the philippine congress voted to set aside key evidence against him. Clay shirkys social media view of the world social. A revolution in social organization has commenced, and clay shirky is.
Article summary discussion of the political impact of social media has focused on the power of mass protests to topple governments. In a wonderful ted talk recorded last month, clay shirky details why the arrival of social media on a massive scale is a true communications revolution. Indeed certain countries continue to use these methods as a primary means of lobbying support. Technology, the public sphere, and political change. Research these revolutions and create a visual way to represent their key features. The power of organizing without organizations is a book by clay shirky published by penguin press in on the effect of the internet on modern group dynamics and organization. References clay shirky 2011 the political power of social media foreign affairs, 901, p2841. Discussion of the political impact of social media has focused on the power of mass protests to topple governments. In the philippine for example, when, on january 17, 2001, the loyalists to the then sitting president voted to ignore evidences that would help the impeachment trial, a simple text message go 2 edsa. It was published inand already so much has changed with its subject matter social groups on the internet in the last four years. Clay shirky s here comes everybody is an anecdoterich look into the changing world of social media and digital collaboration. For many internet advocates the social media provides an electronic agora to allow for.
Increasingly in political communication, social media has been used as a primary method of disseminating information, gathering information and testing public opinion. Individuals in settings with relatively equal power relations, are, ceteris paribus more likely to converge on solutions with broad social bene ts, and less likely to converge on solutions that bene t smaller groups of individuals at the expense of the majority. The power of social media in political communication free. It argues that internet freedom helps to advance civil society in the long run, while helping to prevent abuses of power in the short term. The effects of social media on democratization cuny academic. Technology, the public sphere, and political change clay shirky clay shirky is professor of new media at new york university and the author of cognitive surplus. The political power of social media technology, the.
Within the arab world, the merging of political dissent with social. Buy clay shirky ebooks to read online or download in pdf or epub on your pc, tablet or mobile device. Shirky says that before the internet and social media, over the past 500 years, there were only four periods where media changed enough to warrant the label revolution. Shirky doesnt deal much with inequities in access to these communications tools. Clay shirky new york university makes interesting inputs on the impact and. In fact, social media s real potential lies in supporting civil society and the public sphere which will produce change. His talk is prescient at a time when twitter has been seen to be the most immediate way of delivering news from the front line of the iran election. Technology, the public sphere, and political change shirky presents two arguments that are skeptical of the possibility social media making a difference in national politics 1 the tools are ineffective 2 they produce as much. Clay shirky explores the ways in which technology has altered news consumption, social work, networking, self expression, and more. Anyone interested in the vitality and influence of groups herf human beings from knitting circles, to political movements, to multinational corporationsneeds to read this book. I will discuss the approaches of clay shirky, zizi.
What has occurred that is so threatening to despots is the availability to reach so many people so quickly and to permeate borders, to permeate physical things that were impenetrable, by airways. Clay shirky, the political power of social media august 11, 20 by write and wrong in this piece, the author attempts to explain worldwide views and opinions on internet freedom and political involvement in the matter. Since 1922, the council has published foreign affairs, americas most influential publication on international affairs and foreign policy. Here comes everybody is a revelatory examination of how the wildfirelike spread of new forms of social interaction enabled by technology is changing the way humans form groups and exist within them. In itself, that sounds common enough, but shirky s focus and specificity raise his book to a level of much greater value and utility than its peers. The political power of social media technology, the public sphere, and political change clay shirky clay shirky is professor of new media at new york university and the author of cognitive surplus. Social media, political change and power impact and strategies. The opensource world has learned to deal with a flood of new, oftentimes divergent, ideas using hosting services like github so why cant governments. Through clay shirky s, the political power of social media i was able to view how,although social media tools allow political activists to take collective action and coordinate massive protests this does not predestine the outcome of these actions. The introduction of new social media tools and electronic communication methods feeds.
I went to the catalog clothier lands end in wisconsin, determined to write about how the rise of the internet and ecommerce was transforming retail. Clay shirky on how the internet will one day transform. Clay shirkys social media view of the world february 10, 2011 by allan 2 comments one complaint about the idea of new media as a political force is that most people simply use these tools for commerce, social life, or selfdistraction, but this is common to all forms of media. Discussion of the political impact of social media has focused on the power. Teaching about social networking and political activism. In fact, social medias real potential lies in supporting civil society and the public sphere which will produce change over. The political power of social media technology, the public. According to clay shirky 2011, the political use of social media such as facebook, twitter, youtube, blogs and mobile phones has changed the traditional way of organizing social movements by. Shirky suggests that the distinguishing feature of web 2. The article analyzes the political impact of social media. Hence, it is important to combine the development of political freedom that is.
While news from iran streams to the world, clay shirky shows how facebook, twitter and txts help citizens in repressive regimes to report on real news, bypassing censors however briefly. Clay shirky, the political power of social media write. Clay shirky on social media and revolution the leading web thinker drew applause from the sxswi audience with his praise for egyptian protesters josh halliday. Pdf the political power of social media semantic scholar. Here, relative equality of power can have important consequences. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
He sets out to explain how new electronic media are transforming society. In a fascinating ted talk, shirky examines the impact that collaboration tools developed for and by open source communities will have on the way citizens participate in public life and how they can steer the political processes. Clay shirky describes the political power of the social media with concreate scenarios. Clary shirky argued in 2008 that the political use of social media ultimately. Clay shirky is one of the most prominent and wellrespected thinkers there is when it comes to the political impact of digital media. Less than two hours after the decision was announced, thousands of filipinos, angry that their.
In an interview with wsjs alan murray, social media expert clay shirky discusses the effect of facebook, twitter and other social media in the recent uprisings in egypt and tunisia, and what it. As the communications landscape gets denser, more complex, and more participatory, the networked population is gaining greater access to information, more opportunities to engage in public speech. News media and political power dr mathias klang version 1. Articles by clay shirky cnn, medium, the new york times. Reflection on clay shirky the political power of social media by willi ibbeken january 7, 2014 reflection 3, reflections williibbeken in the beginning of his essay, clay shirky is writing about the first time that social media had helped force out a national leader shirky. Clay shirky just published a piece in foreign affairs on the political power of social media. Clay shirky has argued that within the networked society it becomes ridiculously. Reflection on clay shirky the political power of social.
On january 17, 2001, during the impeachment trial of philippine president joseph estrada, loyalists in the philippine congress voted to set aside key evidence against him. While reading clay shirky s the political power of social media januaryfebruary 2011, i was reminded of a trip i took just over ten years ago, during the dotcom bubble. Malcolm gladwell and clay shirky an absence of evidence malcolm gladwell while reading clay shirky s the political power of social media januaryfebruary 2010, i was reminded of a trip i took just over ten years ago, during the dotcom bubble. In this rousing talk clay shirky shows how democracies can take a lesson from the internet, to be not just transparent but also to draw on the knowledge of all their citizens. We will explore how news organizations decide what is news, how they report it, how those reports have an impact on viewers or readers, and ultimately, the political system. I went to the catalog clothier lands end in wisconsin. Clay shirky is professor of new media at new york university and the author of cognitive surplus. An explanation of clay shirkys the political power of. How social media can make history clay shirky teded. Online social tools, shirky argues, allow groups to form around activities whose costs are higher than the potential value, 4 for institutions. Clay shirky takes on these big questions in here comes everybody, and the result is an engaging, eyeopening book that draws upon social change theory, economics, and psychology. The power of organizing without organizations kindle edition by shirky, clay. The political power of social media by clay shirky on january 17, 2001, during the impeachment trial of philippine president joseph estrada, loyalists in the philippine congress voted to set aside key evidence against him. Social media mobilization and political activism in egypt.