Twitter will not tell the opposition how to govern
Twitter won't tell the opposition how to govern, how to develop democratic institutions or how to inculcate and defend the values, habits and behaviors that belong to democracy. These things require an immense amount of intellectual, conceptual and political work. And patience.
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Technology: Oppressor or liberator? »Technology: Oppressor or liberator?
ICT's capacity to spread democracy? »ICT's capacity to spread democracy?
Cyber-utopianism »Cyber-utopianism
Cyber-utopians overstate the revolutionary potential of the Internet »Cyber-utopians overstate the revolutionary potential of the Internet
Social media do not help revolutions to happen or succeed »Social media do not help revolutions to happen or succeed
If the Tunisian revolution won, it was won in the street, not online »If the Tunisian revolution won, it was won in the street, not online
'Democracy isn't just a tweet away' »'Democracy isn't just a tweet away'
Twitter will not tell the opposition how to govern
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