Monday, July 13, 2009

And Now Back to Sanity

Here is a Bloggingheads.tv diavlog between Evgeny Morozov and Ethan Zuckerman on "cyberwar" (and why they hate that term). Also of interest: some of the smartest observations I've heard regarding trying to use social media to understand a situation in a far-off place. About an hour long.

Topics:

  • Did North Korea launch a cyber attack on the US? (05:40)
  • Evgeny’s brief deployment as a Russian cyber warrior (03:06)
  • Is “cyber war” really war? (06:54)
  • Debating a solution: engineering vs. education (05:32)
  • Why Iran dominated Twitter and the Uighurs didn’t (04:34)
  • Are social media inherently liberating? (11:56)

(alt. video link)

Visit the "alt. video link" if you'd prefer to download an audio or video file rather than watching the stream. Also see that page for links to the two men's home pages and some other interesting reading.

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