technoculture314-09

Twitter may not be as popular here compared to other countries where it is used not only for leisure but also as a way to get informed and start a revolution. In the Philippines the people use Twitter a lot to inform one another about social, economic and political issues occurring in the country. Julius Babao, one of the country’s leading news anchors pointed out in a recent tweet that “street rallies are old school. wait 'till twitters tweet about revolt against govt. in a snap, another people power is born!” This won’t be the second time a president will be overthrown by the Filipino people by using technology because back in 2001 President Estrada was ousted as the president of the country through texting. One day text messages were sent around telling people to gather along EDSA and in a matter of hours millions of people showed up and the president had no choice but to step down. Babao may be right about Twitter being the modern form of people power since Twitter is part of peoples’ daily lives. It can be accessed almost anywhere and the data could be retrieved in a span of seconds. It is the best way to inform the people of the 21st century and to get them together to revolt against the government. It not only has a great influence on the public but also on a country. Many Filipino politicians now have Twitter since it’s an easy way for them to contact and advise the public about their political agendas. This works vice versa since people can comment on the different tweets of the politicians and from that form different discussions and debates, which can be followed by a revolution in the streets. People should not underestimate the power of different social networks and digital technologies since they are so powerful and are capable of dictating the future of a country.