The Internet & Uprisings in the Arab World: Are We Already In A Post-Social Media World?, Hosted by Wired

Event Description:

Once again, in the short life of the internet and the even shorter lives of
social media, the medium has been given top billing as people do what
they¹ve done since the dawn of time ‹ rebel, revolt, fight the power."

There¹s no doubt that Twitter and Facebook are accelerants to the cause
whether that cause is to get people on the street to challenge a dictator
and his armies, or to get Betty White on Saturday Night Live. The question
is: Has the notion that social media spurs anyone to action already become
boring?

Speakers:

• Moderator: John C Abell, New York Bureau Chief, Wired.com
  

• Susannah Vila, Director of Content and Outreach for
  Movements.org

• Adam Penenberg, AD of the Business and Economic Program at NYU
  

• Micah Sifry, co-founder and executive editor of the Personal Democracy Forum