Small Change: Why the Revolution will not be Tweeted
I agree with Gladwell to a certain degree on his article in the New Yorker. I agree when he describes the Woolworth's protest. In the 1960's there was no Twitter or Facebook to help organize these protests. The protest was still successful in getting willing participants and soon grew to an astounding number. That proves that there can be "activism" without the use of the Internet. Although, in the 1960's they didn't have a choice in using the Internet, they were forced to make protests the way they did. If they did have Internet in that time, I believe they would have used the Internet to further expand they're message. Protests today are widely used by the Internet with the help of Twitter. Protests today and the protest at Woolworth's are very different because of that. I think that protests now aren't any less powerful then the ones from years ago just because we have the help of technological advances. We are simply using our resources to help relay a message.
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