http://blogs.elsweb.org/arynna/2007/07/23/give-react/ Conspiracies for Conquering the Web... 2.0 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:33:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://blogs.elsweb.org/arynna/2007/07/23/give-react/#comment-28 Shannon Thu, 26 Jul 2007 01:18:45 +0000 http://blogs.elsweb.org/arynna/2007/07/23/give-react/#comment-28 Ah yes, FDR references, I love you. I think you are very right though, just because we use technology doesn't necessarily mean we are using it in any revolutionary way. You are also right that there is a huge online community waiting to get involved and we are at a very exciting place in history. I think when the unheard voices are getting their say through these new mediums of communication then we will have done something truly revolutionary. But there is a fear of what putting power in the hands of the masses could do though. The US is actually a constitutional republic, we elect people to represent us, we are not a direct democracy. So what does it mean if the floor is going to be open to everyone? Ah yes, FDR references, I love you.
I think you are very right though, just because we use technology doesn’t necessarily mean we are using it in any revolutionary way.
You are also right that there is a huge online community waiting to get involved and we are at a very exciting place in history. I think when the unheard voices are getting their say through these new mediums of communication then we will have done something truly revolutionary.
But there is a fear of what putting power in the hands of the masses could do though. The US is actually a constitutional republic, we elect people to represent us, we are not a direct democracy.
So what does it mean if the floor is going to be open to everyone?

]]> http://blogs.elsweb.org/arynna/2007/07/23/give-react/#comment-27 Give react? at New Media Studies Autoblog, Summer 07 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 08:41:31 +0000 http://blogs.elsweb.org/arynna/2007/07/23/give-react/#comment-27 [...] Original post by arynna [...] [...] Original post by arynna [...]

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