Social networking tools have recently been credited with aiding protests from Moldova to Iran. In this episode of the TenSpot we learn how governments restrict access to the Internet and how people are using social media tools to circumvent cyber-roadblocks. We also discuss the changing role of traditional media and how social networking tools are giving voice to the once powerless and disenfranchised.
Our guests include:
David Parry is an Assistant Professor of Emerging Media and Communications at the University of Texas at Dallas. David studies how people communicate in the digital age and prepares students to use media.
“The more powerful forces out there are not state actors, they're not corporations, but social networks.” – Dave Parry
@academicdave
http://www.outsidethetext.com
Mona K. is a Ph.D. candidate in Emerging Media at the University of Texas at Dallas. Mona studies the impact of social media on gender and identity issues. She recently returned from Iran where she witnessed first hand the power of social media in lives of many women there.
@monaism
David Parry is an Assistant Professor of Emerging Media and Communications at the University of Texas at Dallas. David studies how people communicate in the digital age and prepares students to use media.
“The more powerful forces out there are not state actors, they're not corporations, but social networks.” – Dave Parry
@academicdave
http://www.outsidethetext.com
Mona K. is a Ph.D. candidate in Emerging Media at the University of Texas at Dallas. Mona studies the impact of social media on gender and identity issues. She recently returned from Iran where she witnessed first hand the power of social media in lives of many women there.
@monaism