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The Value of Social Media for Social Movements
by Matt B. on October 3, 2010
Gladwell argues that because of their non-hierarchical, networked, ‘weak-tie’ nature, social media aren’t much good at fostering the discipline and strategy necessary for non-trivial social movements to succeed.