The recent events in Bangkok further demonstrated the inevitable rise in the power new media affords. Communities that just a few years ago were left with no other options than ruminating their frustrations within a finite circle, now not only have the world at their fingertips, but they’re making their own version of it.
Not the filtered version of an oppressive government, not the one bogged down in shoving as much as possible inside sixty seconds with little regard for fact checking. It is their own view, that of their own reality molded by the very sheer masses that creates it.

Here is the skynnie of a great video by AlJazeera English (@AJEnglish).

Al Jazeera English has a great magazine “The Listening Post” available as podcast. Check out their Youtube Channel as well. Click here for the full length video