The document summarizes a training course on media and youth that discussed topics like the Arab Spring uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Iran and Yemen; whether social media like Twitter and Facebook helped spark the revolutions; debates between optimists and pessimists about the internet's ability to change the world; collaboration versus control on the internet; propaganda and identifying troublemakers online; and how young people use new communication channels. It also lists relevant authors and thinkers discussed like Clay Shirky, Evgene Morozov, Malcolm Gladwell, Manuel Castells and Juan Ángel Conca.

1. #youthmedialab #youthmedialabsilla
2nd MEDIALAB
Training Course
Silla, 15th May 12

2. Twitterevolutions?
Talking about media & youth
Source: Trending Topics

3. Arab Spring
Tunisia, Egypt, Iran,
Yemen.

4. Arab Spring
Natalia Morar and Neda.

5. Egypt Shutdown
January 27, 2012

6. Can internet change the
world?

7. Pesimistics / Optimistics
Consequences / Control

8. Clay Shirky
Collaboration vs. Control

9. “Here comes everybody”
Change trought collaboration

10. Evgene Morozov
Techno-scepticism

11. “The net delusion”
Dictators watch us on the web

12. Entertainment vs. Action
Propaganda
Identify troublemakers

13. Would this revolution have
happened if there were no
Twitter or Facebook?

14. Malcom Gladswell
Revolution will not be tweeted

15. Soft links: information
Strong links: activism
Not simplify
Hunger, dictatorship,
human rights, jobs, etc.

16. Young people / Young tech
Communication channels

17. Manuel Castells
Wikirevolution

18. Revolution without leaders
From information to action

19. From information to action
Communication 2.0

20. Juan Ángel Conca
@jaconca
jaconca@gmail.com
Source: “Trending Topics”
http://tiny.cc/jzacew
@youthmedialab
www.youthmedialab.eu