Social media vs 'here we go again'

Jeremy Sy

This article examines global trends around consumer activism and networked lives that point to the increasing importance of networks in making the changes that governments, companies and individuals are unable to effect.

Social media vs 'here we go again'

Jeremy Sy

Toxic haze in Singapore and Malaysia, foods in the Philippines, and an insensitive snapshot with a dead dolphin in China: Asia is buzzing with chatter about how we're treating the natural world, and how it's treating us back. Unfortunately the dominant sentiment is "here we go again," with some head-shaking, some shoulder-shrugging, and a little bit of finger-wagging, especially in social media, at the inability of governments to prevent such events from recurring. But the solution may be at hand: our analysis of global trends around consumer activism and networked lives...

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