The Public Square, Squared – Guestpost from David Sasaki (USA)

Two years ago Isaac Mao and I curated the Ars Electronica Symposium on Cloud Intelligence. Among the many questions to which we sought answers: “Does online activism using server-based tools lead to offline social change, or to increased apathy?” Two of the day’s speakers, Xiao Qiang, a native of China, and Evgeny Morozov, a native of Belarus, offered their “dueling views of digital activism.”

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public square squared – how social fabric is weaving a new era

The “uprisings” occurring throughout the world in 2011 have not only amazed amateur politicians, but also radically changed the global perception of the role of global social media in times of radical social change.

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Twitter and democracy

English coming soon!

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