How Social Media Can Make History

Offered By: TED-Ed via YouTube

Course Description

Overview

Explore how social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and text messaging are revolutionizing news reporting and political dynamics in repressive regimes. In this 16-minute TED-Ed talk, Clay Shirky demonstrates the power of citizen journalism to bypass censorship and disseminate real-time information, using examples from Iran. Discover how the shift from top-down control of news to decentralized, user-generated content is reshaping the landscape of politics and information sharing on a global scale.

Syllabus

How social media can make history - Clay Shirky

Taught by

TED-Ed

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