TY - JOUR
T1 - The educational and political significance of the new social media
T2 - A dialogue with Linda Herrera and Michael A. Peters
AU - Herrera, Linda
AU - Peters, Michael A.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - The year 2010 was named the Year of Social Media, a technology of communication and for creating and exchanging 'User Generated Content'. The year 2010 also marked the start of the Arab revolts where, in Tunisia and Egypt, social media served as a critical platform for expressing dissent, organizing, and providing citizen media accounts of events. Social media are incurably commercial, but at the same time carry substantial social and political benefits. This dialogue raises questions about the educational and political significance of new social media in a contested age of cybernetic capitalism.
AB - The year 2010 was named the Year of Social Media, a technology of communication and for creating and exchanging 'User Generated Content'. The year 2010 also marked the start of the Arab revolts where, in Tunisia and Egypt, social media served as a critical platform for expressing dissent, organizing, and providing citizen media accounts of events. Social media are incurably commercial, but at the same time carry substantial social and political benefits. This dialogue raises questions about the educational and political significance of new social media in a contested age of cybernetic capitalism.
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U2 - 10.2304/elea.2011.8.4.364
DO - 10.2304/elea.2011.8.4.364
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84855516519
SN - 1741-8887
VL - 8
SP - 364
EP - 374
JO - E-Learning and Digital Media
JF - E-Learning and Digital Media
IS - 4
ER -