I am looking forward to the livechat on The Agenda tonight. The topic? Limits of transparency and digital activism. I will be joining @jessebrown to moderate the online discussion, as the incredible Steve Paikin juggles the offline and online guests and comments at 8 p.m. tonight.
Digital activism? What’s that?
It is hard to deny the benefits of the online: news spreads like wildfire, people self-organize into groups to protest and sign petitions, raise funds for charities, and even re-enlist as voters! (..and I do hope we can vote online one day, by the way.) Some issues take off better than others, just like in real life. We live in interesting times: When 4,000 teens join the Facebook group against a proposed change in the legislation, the story gets media pickup few press releases could get, and in the end our Premier notices. We live in interesting times indeed, when our small donations, our individual voices and opinions finally seem to matter. Please join the discussion tonight at 8 p.m. on The Agenda
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