Social Media Question of the Week: Is social media the new socialism?
“Just like the ant-communist Red Scares of the early part of the century, Republicans today are throwing about ’socialism’ as the great ‘Blue Scare,’” noted Chris Heuer, during the Social Media Club Editorial Board’s weekly discussion.
The comment was inspired by one of the more compelling surveys of Social Media published in the most recent issue of Wired, called “The New Socialism: Global Collectivist Society is Coming Online,” by Kevin Kelly, May 22, 2009. Given the heavy baggage that the term holds, we wonder if such a tag will help or hinder all that social media has to offer society. That said, if Social Media — with its distributed power, collaborative, communal aspects — isn’t socialism, what is it? And if it is the new socialism, how do we leave the worst of socialism’s reputation behind?
So we’re curious to know how you answer this weeks Question of the Week:
#SMCQ13 Is social media the new socialism?
We welcome your comments, posts & tweets.
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