One thing that becomes clear in this PBS doc:The Mississippi Summer voter registration operation was incredibly well-organized. SNCC - wow.
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@emptywheel@TimothyS PDF talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Jq3Uze-vKc …@Ethanz liveblog: http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2013/10/17/zeynep-tufekci-on-protest-movements-and-capacity-problems/ … longer:http://dmlcentral.net/blog/zeynep-tufekci/capabilities-movements-and-affordances-digital-media-paradoxes-empowerment … -
@zeynep thanks to@emptywheel for the intro - will read with great interest! -
@TimothyS@emptywheel Thanks. I just remembered this might be the more readable version. https://medium.com/message/what-if-the-feature-is-the-bug-7957d8e685c4 … Still thinking this out.:-) -
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@emptywheel@TimothyS It's not that social media isn't powerful. But what gets skipped *because* it's powerful, in line with cultural trend. -
@zeynep Yup. But watching#FreedomSummer last night reminded me of your comparison to Civil Rights movement.@TimothyS -
@emptywheel@TimothyS Yes, also reading memoirs of the nitty-gritty is fascinating. Most books/docs is about result & politics.
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