Can Twitter Lead People to the Streets?
What are the limitations of social media in inciting political activism?
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In this article, the writer Morozov points out that Internet is a media to inform people about politics and to reveals its ability to reach and involve millions of people. In this article, the writer includes social network like Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, etc and their use for political purposes and that people are paying attention too. Social network affects our life conventionally, or unconventionally. He uses Obama's electoral juggernaut as a good example of how a rigid and highly centralized campaign manages to leverage the highly decentralized nature of the Internet to its great advantage.
Further, Morozov argues about mobilization with organization. He tells readers about the new ability of the web world to mobilize the public around certain issues. This does not necessarily automatically enhance democratic life, but however, non-democratic states have risks as well. I do agree upon his opinions about effective social change, and that it can’t succeed without getting citizen to participate in old school political processes. Signing online petitions and retweeting links to news article might give wrong impression to the young people.
I found this article informative as it talks about Hillary Clinton, “civil society 2.0”; grassroots organizations around the world to use digital technology to tell their stories, build their memberships and support bases, and connect to their community of peers around the world. In this statement, I strongly agree with Hillary Clinton, “civil society 2.0”; its remind me about 1st amendment of the Bill of Rights, “ Freedom Of Speech.” It is now time for public to decide on what they want to do. Do we want to push traditional organizations on which our forefather so extensively relied on or make better use of the digital tools convenient to us today? 
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