Everything in the world is constantly trying to improve itself. People, technology, businesses, most things in this world would strive to try and improve and better itself. Bob Ellis’s article, ‘Sleepless in Canberra’, discusses how politicians such as Kevin Rudd work tirelessly and he gives an example where ‘He's up till 3am, and back at work at 6am. He attends important meetings in Sydney, Tokyo and Copenhagen all within two days. He's at a night function in Perth and, four hours later, enduring a live interview with Fran Kelly”. This is a clear example of politician 2.0. A politician aiming to improve themselves and their work.
The real question is whether or not they succeed? There are new tools out there such as technology, which can definitely lay a helping hand in improving people and institutions. New media is forcing people and institution to change and adapt to the new circumstances. It is creating a new culture and this is making social change inevitable.
Charles Hirschkind has discusses a great example where new media has helped and even forced an improvement in a nations country and even their culture. Hirschkind discusses in his article, ‘From the Blogosphere to the street: The role of social media in the Egyptian uprising’ how “2orking online via Facebook, twitter, and within the Egyptian blogosphere. Working within these media, activists began to forge a new political language”. This shows how new media has helped push forward a revolution. We see change now where the weapon of choice and power isn’t guns anymore but a keyboard. It reminds me of the phrase; that the pen is mightier then the sword. I have always believed this to be the case and now more then ever new media and new media outlets have created a whole new battlefield where people have only just begun to realise the power they have…
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