Social Media: The Foundation of the Modern World
The Political Power of Social Media
Authoritarian Regimes are also Capable of Effectively Using Social Media Politically or to Stunt Change
public access to internet may strength the regime people hate
government easily manipulates web (Shirky)
Censorship
Public Can Use Social Media to Effect Political Change
social media used to organize rallies to try to more effectively affect politics (Loader et. al)
rallies only attainable through relationships built through social media (Chayko)
Joseph Estrada being convicted (Shirky)
Social Media & the Economy
Social Media Harms Economy
$1 trillion annually for depression b/c of social media (Jezard)
$210 billion in the US b/c of depression (Shensa et. al)
Damages world economy
Social Media Benefits Economy
"economy cannot exist without working phones" (Shirky)
Facebook worth half trillion dollars b/c it's good at data collecting (Magdrial)
"likes and social graphs are data sets" (Gehl)
These data sets easily help advertise to millions
Heavily intertwined with global economy
