ATRL: Discussion: The impact of internet/social media - Not fully realized?

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Discussion: The impact of internet/social media - Not fully realized? Dec 1st 2012, 06:42 I feel like people often trivialize the impact and role of social media + the Internet. I don't think social media is anywhere near its peak in terms of user base or impact and the Internet is still in its growing, infantile stages but have you been able to see how impactful these things are to people? Like I don't think that when William Hewlett and Dave Packard founded HP, they'd think down the line that computers would be a hub for communication between 2 people's thousands of miles away from one another or that there'd be a form of media on computers where people communicate and share their thoughts on things. Or where news could travel faster than radios or TV (IE: the news of Osama bin Laden's death). As you see countries like Syria blocking the Internet and others censoring it heavily, you can really scope out the power of it. The world has never been this interconnected ever. It's crazy how in my own experiences I've been able to see so many people's backstories and seek the truth on things. Before, everybody just used to watch the news or listen to it. If they're lying to you, how do you know? Things like fact checkers or Snopes give truth to things and expose the spread of misinformation or myths. Things like that have never been possible really for the masses. I think this is gonna be really shown as world tensions rise and we possibly go into WW3 down the line. We've never had an extremely major war with social media especially ones where major developed countries are being attacked. I think it'll be insane to see people tweet/share pictures of air strikes occurring in their city or videos of their home being invaded. It also brings up the question on if the Internet may see its first shutdown in countries who don't participate in major censorship in fear of cyber attacks (the president does have the power to shut down the Internet in case of emergency btw). Do you realize the importance of social media and the Internet? Do you think their roles are wrongly undermined? How do you think the world will use both of these things in the future?

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