Saturday, October 6, 2007

Thing # 18 - Social Networking

I think that social networks are having an impact on the distribution of information. A recent example is an incident with the Muskegon police where someone released their home video on YouTube and now the police are releasing their own video of the incident. This may not have happened except for the home video release.
Social networking does have the potential to be a significant influence on our culture, for good or ill. A positive aspect it that it can increase visibility and accountability. A negative aspect is that it can increase sensationalism. At this point only time will tell...

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