The Daily Bell - Wishful Thinking: Why The Economist Wants Social Media to Replace Blogs

The Daily Bell - Wishful Thinking: Why The Economist Wants Social Media to Replace Blogs: "The Economist Magazine is out with an article entitled 'The end of mass media: Coming full circle.' It actually provides us with a kind of sub-dominant social theme – that 'social media' take us back to the pamphleteering days of Samuel Johnson, Ben Franklin, Thomas Paine and others.
This has been, in a sense, a message of ours for many years. And here at DB, we've regularly compared the output of the Gutenberg Press and its revolutionary influence to the Internet. The Economist is about 10 years late in joining the party."

Amber Case: We are all cyborgs now | Video on TED.com

Amber Case: We are all cyborgs now | Video on TED.com

Johanna Blakley: Social media and the end of gender | Video on TED.com

Johanna Blakley: Social media and the end of gender | Video on TED.com

BBC News - Emerging rivals threaten Facebook's dominance

BBC News - Emerging rivals threaten Facebook's dominance

For Women, Social Media is More Than "Girl Talk"

For Women, Social Media is More Than "Girl Talk": "A few months ago, I wrote about how social media presents women with increased opportunities for influence and professional development. In the comments, I found a number of commenters (both men and women) who relegated women’s interest in social media to superficial reasons like “girl talk” or women’s natural abilities as “connectors.” I pushed back against those characterizations because I thought they were too superficial and limiting only to have one commenter suggest that there was no shame in women’s natural social skills."