Can The Afrosphere Survive the Age of Obama?

Can the Afrosphere Survive the Age of Obama?

What this all about?
In the new "Age of Obama", will an afro-centric web begin to fade into, simply, "the web"?

Origins
NY Times Magazine article:
“ Is Obama the Death of Black Politics?”

Brief Chronology
1993 - the web begins to move into the mainstream
1995 - the term "digital divide" was coined to describe "a binary divide between the computer and internet haves and have nots"
1995 - NetNoir.com and BlackVoices.com launched
1999 - BlackPlanet.com is launched

Brief Chronology
2001 - BlackAmericaWeb.com launched
2004 - Barack Obama keynote address rocks the Democratic National Convention
2005 - "Blogging While Black" panel at sxswi
2006 - "Blogging While Black Revisited” panel at sxswi

Brief Chronology
2007 - "Bridging the Online Cultural Divide" and "The Digital Ethnorati" panels at sxswi
2007 - BlackWeb2.0.com launched
2008 - Barack Obama elected President
2008 - Blackbird browser released
2009 - "Can the Afrosphere Survive the Age of Obama" and “Social Media End Racism" panels at sxswi

Goal
Start a conversation

Questions for us?
Send questions to @afrospheresxsw (we’ll monitor them and work them in)
Hashtag: #afrospheresxsw

The End?
If you want to talk more, we’ll be outside in seating area by the windows in the corner by the rotunda.
Thanks for coming and participating!

Can The Afrosphere Survive the Age of Obama?

by Denise Jacobs on Mar 16, 2009

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