Tag Archives: social media

Is social media for activism?

Fernando Polo   18 November, 2011   No Comments on Is social media for activism?

Social Media is for activism… Or is it not? Malcolm Gladwell, a well-known author and journalist from The New Yorker wrote about it some months ago. He said that Twitter is not changing the world and that the engagement of people retweeting revolutions was near to zero. When it comes to playing hard and risking your life in getting some dictator… Read more »

Facetime and Social Media

Fernando Polo   18 September, 2011   No Comments on Facetime and Social Media

Does FaceTime with friends suffer from online relationships? One of the characteristics of “socialholics” is that they don’t distinguish between on and off. “Always on” means there is only one world, not two. When I started my blog, in 2004, I started also a strong networking activity. On August 31st, 2005, for example, five bloggers met for the first time… Read more »