The Global Picture: The Internet's Impact on the World

Since the creation of the internet, the world has set up more connections exponentially each day. The world has shrunken by distance and by the speed at which we accomplish objectives. An excellent example of this is facebook's and twitter's impact on the Egyptian revolution. A nation, in the midst of civil war, found ways to inform the world of their struggle and their reasons for the uprising. Gathering support, the people of Egypt found their power in numbers to overthrow an oppressive government. This is a small taste of what is to come in the future, because our manners of communication are always expanding. Here is a link to CBS's cover of Egypt's internet revolution.




CNN's coverage on twitter's impact on the nation of Egypt