Social media is fuelling our human urge to share, affecting the
information we depend on to make smart decisions, from choosing
politicians to doing business to raising money for charity. Tell
Everyone delves into contemporary culture to reveal how social media
has become the planet's nervous system--amplifying the power of
individuals, informing our choices and shaping how we learn about our
world.
Writing with journalistic flair but with academic rigour, online news
pioneer and social media maven Alfred Hermida lays bare why we feel
compelled to share news, gossip and information, and always have. Every
day more than 500 million messages are sent on Twitter, 800 million
people share four billion stories, links, photographs and videos on
Facebook. Every minute, 100 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube. And
the flow is ever-increasing. In this new era of media saturation, what
do we mean by "the news"? Is "the most trusted name in news" today a
veteran anchor on television or an undergraduate tweeting from Tahrir
Square in Cairo?
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Tell Everyone* spells out how our ability to create and share news is
shaping the information we receive and depend on to make informed
decisions, from choosing politicians to doing business. Drawing on
historical examples, real-world experiences and leading research, Tell
Everyone explains how the power of sharing is transforming how we
understand and give meaning to world events.
