“Today, we are today going through another revolution in communication. Digitalization and the Internet are providing new means for the new scribes to contribute. We call the scribes Bloggers, and we call the copyists Tweeters. The Internet is providing us with much more efficient means to be informed than the mainstream media players can provide. This time it is about real time! Clearly, we can achieve two major quick wins: if we combine communication technologies and storytelling we can create a much richer information tapestry than present IT systems are capable of. Furthermore, instead of drawing apart, we can now come together. The way written word is used on Twitter or on Facebook is much closer to the vocal transmission of information than to writing. The culture is again half-spoken, half-written.The printing press separated information and communication. Social media are converging the two.
The real promise of the Internet is however in the social changes that are still ahead of us. The revolution is just about to begin.”
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