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1 What impact has social media had on society and democracy? Kathryn Corrick The Foundation for Science & Technology, Royal Society, 11 July 2012 Kathryn Corrick 2012 What s changed?

Networks & Reach Communications are less limited by state borders* * Whilst proxy servers are used by some to get around state internet blocks we still cannot say there is

When did you last read a newspaper in French, let alone Mongolian? Accessibility & Usability One upside of the web is that everyone has a printing press.

2 Networks & Reach Communications are less limited by state borders* * Whilst proxy servers are used by some to get around state internet blocks we still cannot say there is complete freedom of access to information or communication. Language is also often still a barrier both technically and culturally. When did you last read a newspaper in French, let alone Mongolian? Accessibility & Usability One upside of the web is that everyone has a printing press. One downside: everyone has a printing press. Peter Kafka

3 Speed and near real-time communications A lie can run round the world before the truth has got its boots on. - Terry Pratchett, The Truth It s very easy to record and store

4 Extensive corporate involvement in public discourse What hasn t changed?

5 How easily we forget history The ability to find a needle in a haystack (a metal detector and a magnet help but ) /

6 But more importantly People We still want to love

7 And be loved We want to keep in touch / Kathryn Corrick 2012

And protect our families Earn a living http://www.flickr.

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8 And protect our families Earn a living / Kathryn Corrick / Kathryn Corrick 2012

And have fun Feel part of something bigger http://www.flickr.

9 And have fun Feel part of something bigger / Kathryn Corrick / Kathryn Corrick 2012

10 And change the world / Kathryn Corrick 2012 We also desire power and sometimes absolute power.

11 For all these activities (and more) we use or try to control the tools available to us inc. social media Frames to understand what s going on

12 In the UK we have recently seen a loss of moral authority, across: Parliament Banks and financial institutions Police Media The Church Libertarian v Authoritarian Rather than Left v Right

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13 A re-evaluation and use of Marx How we understand capital human and material Hacker and hacktavist culture

Consensus politics Popularised by the Occupy movement http://www.flickr.

14 Consensus politics Popularised by the Occupy movement So the impact of social media on society and democracy?

15 Our use of technology and social media is a reflection of our humanity and society What kind of society and democracy do we want reflected? Further reading Consent of the Networked by Rebecca McKinnon The Revolution Will Be Digitised by Heather Brooke The Net Delusion: how not to liberate the world by Evgeny Morozov Barefoot into Cyberspace by Becky Hogge Inside Wikileaks by Daniel Domscheit-Berg Flat Earth News by Nick Davies Communication Power by Manuel Castells

16 Thank you Kathryn Corrick Twitter Admin@kathryncorrick.co.uk

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