"Today, it occurs to me that Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube may be the Gutenberg press of the Middle East, tools like his that enable people to speak, share, and gather"Buzzmachine, Jeff Jarvis [Gutenberg of Arabia]
Interesting post, and the story plugs that it makes for are quite profound;
could the use of social media not only usher in a new wave of democracy to rival the "fall of the wall" in the late 80-ies, but also spark of a "reformation" type event for Islam as well? Bringing the religion and the region into the new millenium on our calendar and re-igniting the old scholarly culture of co-existence?
could the use of social media not only usher in a new wave of democracy to rival the "fall of the wall" in the late 80-ies, but also spark of a "reformation" type event for Islam as well? Bringing the religion and the region into the new millenium on our calendar and re-igniting the old scholarly culture of co-existence?
