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Web: Of course new MEDIA *cause* new behaviors. This type of causality is called FORMAL CAUSE and it has been understood since (at least) Aristotle. If you "re-structure" your life, then you will behave differently. Behavior under the condition of Egyptian "soap-operas" is different from the behavior under Twitter etc. The "Why NOW?" question and the "What NEXT?" questions cannot be answered without understanding how MEDIA change our behavior and attitudes. Current events should get us all to (re-)read "Understanding Media" (1964). I am told that it is about to be re-printed in Chinese, how about Arabic? A good follow up would be "The Laws of Media" (1988) -- there are many fundamental lessons to be learned! Then, for the more advanced student, you might try the just published "Media and Formal Cause" (Neopoesis Press, 2011). Mark Stahlman Brooklyn NY In a message dated 2/22/2011 1:37:09 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, web@roo twork.org writes: OK, this is getting annoying. No one's arguing that Twitter "causes" revolution. There's useful, intelligent debate to be had around how social media might or might not affect revolution, or how it alters the approaches people take in organizing (either positively or negatively), or whether it limits the goals of the revolution. <...> # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mail.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@kein.org