Emergent change in Egypt
The Arab Spring is an amazing example of emergence in the process of change. This speech given by Riyaad Minty, Manager of Al Jazeera Network’s social media initiatives, shows how people using social media to connect and communicate develop the needed critical mass to successfully overthrow the government of Egypt.
Complexity theory and studies of complex adaptive systems tells us that the amount of connections between the agents or the parts is a critical factor enabling emergent change. In this speech Riyaad Minty tells us how Twitter together with Al Jazeera enabled (or facilitated) the Arab Spring.
For further reading I highly recommend Margreth Wheatly’s article on emergence and social innovations.
Henrik Challis
Source: Media Evolution – The Conference in Malmö Sweden 27th of august 2011.
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