Week 6 Response: Clay Shirky, “The Political Power of Social Media”

Social media is one of the most important segments of our lives. Without social media our lives would be hollow. The fact that we can connect to the whole world within seconds just makes it so good. If the Internet is taken down even for a sec, we start panicking. It is the easiest way to connect to the world. It helps us do thousands of things, without which we could not survive. Although media and Internet need to be regulated, it shouldn’t be bias or hindering anyone’s progress.

 As the information is available in abundance, people might as well misuse that information, so type of regulation is still necessary. Social media is up to an extent controlled politically as they need to control sensitive information which could hurt the countries over-all growth.