Discussion for 11/8/11

The major question I'd like you to contemplate this week as you do the reading/watch the videos/listen to the podcast is basically the same as danah boyd's:

Can social network sites (and social media in general) enable political action?

You should also think about the limitations introduced by social media as a vehicle of political activism, both according to our authors/speakers for this week, and in your own personal experience.

Our discussion in class will pick up nicely where we left off on Tuesday, when we talked about Google Chrome's (mis?)appropriation of the "It Gets Better" campaign.