Monday 23 May
Portico Rooms, Somerset House
19.00-20.30
Tickets £10, Concessions £8 (students, seniors, ES40 holders)
Price includes glass of wine
This talk will examine the wider impact of the internet and social media, in particular, on the practice of 21st century politics and the nature of protest movements. The upheavals sweeping the Arab world have been hailed by some as the Twitter revolutions. But just how influential a role has social media really played in the fall of dictatorships?
Speakers:
Dr Anne Alexander – Cambridge University
Dr Joss Hands – author of “@ is for Activism”
Sunny Hundal - Editor, Liberal Conspiracy blog
Padraig Reidy - News Editor, Index on Censorship