Developments that show the popularity of activism through social networks and other online media have led some people to believe that activism online would be sufficient in addressing issues of general concern. But is it really?
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CC Hidalgo | Ashton Kutcher and the Knight in Twittering Armor
The point of all this is that there’s no point in social media comparing itself to the news media, let alone proclaiming that Twitter can do a better job than CNN in bringing news to the masses of the world.
CC Hidalgo | The New Stars of Journalism
Regardless of its flaws, the news media remains the only institution capable of performing the very important task of verifying the flood of information let loose by social media, and to put all of it in context.
Activists Wield Cyberspace vs. Palparan
BY RONALYN OLEA Bulatlat Activists and supporters have wielded the cyberspace in their campaign against retired Major Gen. Jovito Palparan Jr. As of 10:13 pm on April 26, 2009, more than 1,000 people on the popular social networking site Facebook have joined the cause “Palparan should be in jail, not in Congress nor any other…