3. There is an emerging second superpower, but it is not a nation. Instead, it is a new form of international player, constituted by the “will of the people” in a global social movement. The beautiful but deeply agitated face of this second superpower is the worldwide peace campaign, but the body of the movement is made up of millions of people concerned with a broad agenda that includes social development, environmentalism, health, and human rights. --- James F. Moore, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Havard Unversity
11. Paradigm & power model shift Impact Seed Scale of Coverage Suppose: Power = Impact Seed*Scale of Coverage Someday, Blogger*Blogosphere >= Journalist*Institutional Media Journalist Reader Blogger Mass Institutional Media Blogosphere Mind Communication
Its very hard to understand the subtle impact of a complex system. Same to social media. However, it’s very important to study social media from both micro and macro view. People can always see those visible stuffs, but they can’t realize how the big things were evolved. The difference in Social Media age is that people can see or even experience as the cooler of the news.