TEDxThessaloniki - Paul Lewis - Citizen Journalism

Journalist Paul Lewis talks about new media, citizen journalism. and how he has used social media to investigate two murders. He also talks about the new level of transparency and accountability new media offer in public life.

Paul Lewis full bio: http://www.tedxthessaloniki.com/speaker/paul-lewis

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[superhamzah85]

Stephen Fry - "I think every failure of man is a failure of communication."

At this point in history, never has the control of information been so democratized. I honestly think if Twitter or something, was around in 1933, WW2 would never have happened.

[prasooncpascal]

Very well delivered

[sherri99516]

thank you for sharing,

[OuterVibes]

This is really good stuff! It is really eye opening for me and the way I look at the world!

[3TheRiot]

@superhamzah85 I don't mean to start a flame war here, but how would Twitter have prevented WWII? The Treaty of Versailles formed after WWI put Germany in a terrible position and almost guaranteed future conflict. This fact is how Hitler rallied the Germans to his cause, at least that's what I've been taught.

[ingeborgsjon]

Good lecture, annoying acoustics.

[soccerfreke13]

Transparency through disseminated truth, witnessed, recorded, and shared.

[prasooncpascal]

Very well delivered

[17LilSouljah]

So True!!! as Jay Rosen, professor of journalism at New York University said there is a "shift of the tools of production to the people formerly known as the audience" 

[johnthefatman]

Any and all attempts of governments to control/censor twitter and other social media must be resisted! Great work Paul -