Ethan Zuckerman Hears Voices–And you can too!
Many of us were lucky enough to see Ethan Zuckerman speak recently at USIP’s panel: Blogs and Bullets: Evaluating the Impact of New Media on Conflict. The events drew speakers from different sectors and places and was a fascinating look at the role new media can and doe splay in conflict. Those interested can watch the video here.
Ethan spoke about the ways in which new media has not been successful in bridging differences of ideology, culture, language and geography. In essence, we go online to interact mainly with people who are like us or whom we already know in the real world. Barriers of language especially limit us in making certain cross-cultural connections. But with the help of sites like Global Voices, things may be changing.
In this engaging and frequently funny talk from TED, Ethan Zuckerman expands on the points he brought up on the USIP panel and shows how we can expand our spheres of inclusion to wider and wider voices.
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