What America is finally understanding is that young people, teens especially, talk through pictures. Images are the vernacular. They’re so good at this because it’s how they’ve been communicating most of their lives.https://twitter.com/cwarzel/status/966399674537013248 …
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What’s funny is that this native language of the internet is actually our real life language too. The political establishment, so long contemptuous of this younger generation and the digital world generally, still thinks we live offline lives and online lives. They are the same.
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Replying to @PeterHamby
I would argue imagery is not a new medium for civil engagement and persuasion. The images of abuses were critical to the success of the civil rights movement in the 1960s. The speed with which they move and the ease with which anyone can share them now is different.
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