[Air-L] All that Twitters is not Gold

Ehon Chan ehon.chan at gmail.com
Sun Jul 18 18:44:37 PDT 2010


Hi guys,

I am speaking at an event this week and I thought I'd try to get some
different perspectives, thoughts and ideas from others on the issue.

The whole topic is on social media and how it has changed the way humans
interact, so if anyone has any great articles, research or has any thoughts
on the following questions, it would be great to hear from you guys.

It's a pretty big issue in Australia at the moment as the government is
proposing to implement internet filtering in Australia, a recent article
says that kids who are on social media like Twitter and Facebook are
"becoming dumber" and there are a lot of skeptics all around.

The questions I've been thinking about and have been asked to talk about:
- What are the implications for social inclusion and cross generational
communication?
- Has social networking changed campaigns and causes (would love case
studies and examples like Iran election?)
- Will virtual communities replace physical ones or do new technologies
increase our opportunities to connect and participate?
- Are they available to everyone?

I would love case studies and examples if possible - or even just some
braindump so I can search them up.

Thanks all!

Cheers,
Ehon



Ehon Chan
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