Ethan Zuckerman

  • “While Moore and Ito have justifiable enthusiasm about the phenomenon we're seeing emerge from interconnected communities - the grow weblogs as an alternative to "mainstream" media, the success of grassroots campaigning in the United States - this enthusiasm needs to be tempered by some skepticism about who is currently using social software, and who has potential to use it. While these tools, in theory, have the potential to increase citizen involvement in collection, debate and action, in practice, they're being used by a small, elite group.”

  • Do you agree with this statement?