Apple 8 – Social Media and Social Action
The next Apple event takes place at the Betsey Trotwood in London tomorrow, featuring Greenbelt speaker Dr Luke Bretherton – Senior Lecturer in Theology and Politics at Kings College and author of Christianity and Contemporary Politics – speaking about Social Media and Social Action.
Here's a teaser for the sort of things Luke will be discussing:-
- Do social networking sites and the advent of internet-enabled social mobilization herald a new era in political action?
- Will information technology change the way we do off-line politics, or should we not believe the hype?
- Can real politics, which has always been about negotiating a common life, really be generated through systems of aggregating individual choices?
Exploring Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, the organisation of anarchist anti-globalization protests, electronic ‘town hall’ meetings, Tea Party activism, the 1979 Iranian Revolution and plans for the ‘Big Society,’ Apple 8 will provoke discussion and reflection on this little understood area of the relationship between technology and human life.
The event starts at 7.30pm at the Betsey Trotwood in Farringdon Road, London. It's free to attend, plus there's a bar and food available. For more information, see the Apple website…
