Tag: social movements

"Pixelated Peasants": An Interview with Jonathan Salem Baskin

By Paul M. Davis

02.02.11, 10:06am Comments (0)

Jonathan Salem Baskin’s provocative book Histories of Social Media challenges the notion that social media is an unprecedented phenomenon, examining historical precursors to the social networks of today, from the Bayeux Tapestry, a Medieval &ld. Read more »

New, Or Just New to Us? Social Media's Historical Antecedents

By Jonathan Salem Baskin

01.24.11, 9:23am Comments (2)

Societies have been social since civilization began. It’s what societies do (hence the shared latin root socius, for “allied” or “friend”). Read more »

Social Movements Need Strong & Weak Ties to Thrive

By Melinda Blau

11.30.10, 5:03pm Comments (0)

Recently, I asked an American woman whether she’d moved to Paris in 1952 because she’d fallen in love with a Frenchman. Without missing a beat, she said, “It’s a little more complicated than that. Read more »