If Gutenberg's invention of the printing press with movable type made the Protestant Reformation possible, perhaps blogging, and other aspects of Web 2.0 and social media, will allow for the long awaited, long overdue, Islamic Reformation?
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Monday, April 20, 2009
Blogging and Reformation
Ian Farrant, an outstanding student in my Interactive Media class at Fordham University, shared some videos with the class that I thought were worth including here. This one in particular speaks to the revolutionary nature of the internet and online communications:
If Gutenberg's invention of the printing press with movable type made the Protestant Reformation possible, perhaps blogging, and other aspects of Web 2.0 and social media, will allow for the long awaited, long overdue, Islamic Reformation?
If Gutenberg's invention of the printing press with movable type made the Protestant Reformation possible, perhaps blogging, and other aspects of Web 2.0 and social media, will allow for the long awaited, long overdue, Islamic Reformation?
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