An expert speaks

by | Jun 18, 2009


Via Charlemagne at the Economist, this small gem: BBC News Online interviewed social networking expert Jonathan Zittrain at Harvard about the use of social media technologies in the Iran protests, and asked him whether this was a seminal moment for social networking.  He began his response thus:

“It’s just too early to say but my expertise tells me what is going on is extremely interesting.”

More from Jonathan Zittrain a bit later in the programme…

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  • Alex Evans

    Alex Evans is founder of Larger Us, which explores how we can use psychology to reduce political tribalism and polarisation, a senior fellow at New York University, and author of The Myth Gap: What Happens When Evidence and Arguments Aren’t Enough? (Penguin, 2017). He is a former Campaign Director of the 50 million member global citizen’s movement Avaaz, special adviser to two UK Cabinet Ministers, climate expert in the UN Secretary-General’s office, and was Research Director for the Business Commission on Sustainable Development. Alex lives with his wife and two children in Yorkshire.

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