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Showing videos filed under: social media
Outwaiting Mubarak, Cary Alan Johnson, and Killing the Internet
February 1, 2011"Does Mubarak want to leave quietly or is it going to be a messy exit?" That's the only question left in Egypt, according to Haroon Moghul of the Maydan Institute. The protests continue, and Mubarak has announced that though he won't be running for reelection, he doesn't plan on stepping down.The F Word: Killing the Internet Not Just a Problem in Egypt
February 1, 2011As we speak, Egypt is struggling with near-total Internet and communications shut-off, and not just Egyptians are grappling with the implications. Can the flow of social media information to an entire country simply be cut? Apparently yes. And that's not just an Egyptian concern.Joseph Dana: New Media and the Truth in Israel & Palestine
December 1, 2010"There's a lot of Palestinian Gandhis," says reporter Joseph Dana. But up until recently, it was nearly impossible for everyday people around the world to hear their stories. That's changing with social media, he points out, and with this week's release of more diplomatic documents from WikiLeaks, the world has more information than ever about what really happens both on the ground in Israel and Palestine and in diplomatic channels.Laurie Penny, Joseph Dana, and the Federal Pay Freeze
November 30, 2010"These kids can do the maths, they know that young people, poor people are clearly not the priority of this government anymore. Something else is," says Laurie Penny of the latest round of student protests in the UK. The protests may be leaderless, she notes, but they're anything but random--students have focused their ire on corporations such as TopShop, run by tax evaders who then turn around and advise the government where to cut.Share This! Changing the World with Social Media
July 1, 2010Social media is changing the way our public discourse is conducted, says Deanna Zandt, GRITtv's very own TechGrrl and now the author of a book about social media, Share This! By changing the way we interact with media (instead of passively consume it), social technologies from Twitter to Facebook are injecting our personal lives and values into the public space and forcing the doors wide open for potential change.Save the Internet: Net Neutrality Matters
July 1, 2010Since it's social media day out there in the world and here at GRITtv, we're reminding you that without Net Neutrality, the promise of a strong, free and open Internet for all, there'll be no social media sharing for any of us. We bring you this video from our friends at Save the Internet/Free Press explaining just why Net Neutrality matters.David Corn, Social Media, and the New Depression
June 30, 2010What’s in a constitutional interpretation? As Thomas Jefferson once wrote to James Madison, “the principle is that the earth belongs to the living, and not the dead.” Over the centuries, many Supreme Court Justices have either upheld or lost track of this, on one hand interpreting the Constitution towards a more perfect union, on the other passively, calling the “balls and strikes” in accordance with the extant Constitution.Christian Parenti, Drill Baby, Spill, and Infotainment As Usual
May 13, 2010The war in Afghanistan seems to be a constant rigmarole of democratization, stabilization, and Al-Qaeda claims. Which is it? Contributing editor to The Nation, Christian Parenti joins us in studio to share his take that the United States response to Afghanistan is a political instance of an iatrogenic disease: an endless cycle of creating more problems with supposed “cures.”Week in Review: Clay Shirky & the Media Revolution
November 6, 2009Clay Shirky spoke with GRITtv on Monday about the way everyday citizens can use the same technology that brings us videos of a kitten on a treadmill to achieve results that strengthen and spread democracy and engagement around the world.Clay Shirky: The Social Media Revolution
November 3, 2009Clay Shirky spoke with GRITtv about the way everyday citizens can use the same technology that brings us videos of a kitten on a treadmill to achieve results that strengthen and spread democracy and engagement around the world.
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