Sister Sage's Musings » Malcolm Gladwell http://sistersagesmusings.ca Center-left blog from Canadians across the country and beyond Wed, 26 Jun 2013 03:36:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 Malcolm Gladwell on social media: not good for the little people http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/10/09/malcolm-gladwell-on-the-social-network-not-good-for-the-little-people/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/10/09/malcolm-gladwell-on-the-social-network-not-good-for-the-little-people/#comments Sat, 09 Oct 2010 20:46:17 +0000 Jymn http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=4065 Via an excellent article from Frank Rich on politics and social media:

“With Facebook and Twitter and the like,” Gladwell wrote, “the traditional relationship between political authority and popular will” was supposed to be upended, so it would be “easier for the powerless to collaborate, coordinate, and give voice to their concerns.” Instead, he concluded, we . . . → Read More: Malcolm Gladwell on social media: not good for the little people]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/10/09/malcolm-gladwell-on-the-social-network-not-good-for-the-little-people/feed/ 0