Public Thinking: Social Media and the New 'Public Intellectual'
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The Importance of Public Intellectuals
Whether we identify as intellectuals or not, consumption today is participation. Each individual contribution may be small, but multiplied by millions, they add up to something substantial. In the past, we could passively assume that news organizations would disseminate the truth. Now, for better or worse, we must take on those tasks for ourselves.
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