Tag: grassroots
Bumper Sticker Wisdom
Posted under Contradict Authority, Politics on Sep 24, 2009.
There is a surprising amount of wisdom to be gleaned from bumper stickers (you know, those rectangular stickers people like to plaster all over their cars
). Most bumper stickers are meant to support this or the other politician, so they’re not that memorable.
But occasionally, I stumble on a particularly humorous or profound bumper sticker. So, a while ago I decided to start writing down the cool bumper sticker slogans I stumble upon.
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Freedom of Speech on the Internet — Part 6: The Internet Revolution and Citizen Media
Posted under Essays, Politics, The Internets on Aug 03, 2009.
Note: This is Part 6 in a series of posts about freedom of speech on the Internet. You should read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5 first.
“Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed – else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die.”
– Dwight D. Eisenhower
The Internet Revolution: Diversification Via Citizen Media
The rise of Internet technology at the beginning of the twenty-first century permanently changed the media landscape for the better. Widespread availability of Internet access, free online publishing platforms like WordPress (which runs this blog) and Blogger, and a fermenting desire for a journalism revolution combined to quickly revolutionize the modern media landscape.
The development of the modern Internet “blogosphere”—the collection of blogs and their interconnections—form a social network in which individuals can share their views with a global audience quickly, easily, and at little to no cost. No editor or central authority can screen blog content for its political message or appropriateness. In short, anything and everything goes.
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