Consequences Quote by Stacey Abrams

Social media are a catalyst for the advancement of everyone's rights. It's where we're reminded that we're all human and all equal. It's where…

— Queen Rania of Jordan

“It is tempting to say, as my friend suggested, that these online identities are caricatures of the real me. It is certainly true that…

— Derek Thompson

What social media has done - Facebook, Twitter - is show the audience. I don't have an audience. When I make my work, it…

— Raymond Pettibon

Throngs on social media violate fundamental notions of fairness and due process: People may be targeted because of a misunderstanding or an out-of-context video.

— Zeynep Tufekci

“Social media is a small, tip-of-the-iceberg, visible manifestation of the change we’re facing: the gatekeepers are gone.”

— Justin Wise

Inequality reigns in horrifying ways, and not everyone can even read, but the world of media and advertising withholds very little from the imagination…

— Amitava Kumar

I think that social media has really empowered bullies because you get to do it from the comfort of your own home, completely anonymously,…

— Maysoon Zayid

I fought the social media thing kicking and screaming. It can demystify. But it's a different world now, and that is part of what…

— Edge

“One should be cautious when drawing conclusions about people's characters from social media. On Facebook, nobody's children cry, nobody's marriage is imperilled, and everyone…

— Gary Younge

Citizens have long been easily influenced by the opinions of others and sought social proof, but social media have amplified the phenomena to unprecedented…

— Jens Martin Skibsted

Inequality provokes a generalized anger that finds targets where it can--immigrants, foreign countries, American elites, government in all forms--and it rewards demagogues while discrediting…

— George Packer

The evolution of social media into a robust mechanism for social transformation is already visible. Despite many adamant critics who insist that tools like…

— Simon Mainwaring