In the news, the revolutions taking place in Tunisia and Egypt are blamed on social medias. There is something in this, but I believe that it is placing too much power in the hands of the medium. The people are the ones that are truly behind the call to arms. If it were left up to the medium, nothing would be there in the first place. The medium is merely a conduit to the actions of the people. With the information provided by social networks, one of the key points in a objective reporting comes into play, freedom of speech. When the voices of the people are not cloaked by governmental blackouts, there is enough information to find truth. There may be a lot of junk to sift through, but the main idea is to allow the people the right to hear themselves and share this ability.
If you want to blame anything for the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt, blame corrupt governments that gagged their citizens for years. Without those gags, the occupants would have found the corruption sooner. Truth cannot be stopped.
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