Blog 13_Wk_10_Who_Owns_The_Media

Reingold's "smart mob" concept is extremely relevant to almost anybody living in today's society I believe. For me Facebook was a prime example of when I had a "smart mob" moment. I had always had many friends from LA but I was from Fresno. When Facebook became popular I had realized how easy it would be to stay connected, but I had no idea that I would know these people to an even better extent than I previously had. The texting revolution was another moment of epiphany for me. I was very old school when it came to phones and so I held off learning texting for as long as I possibly could. But incidents of people ignoring my calls, but answering my text messages right after cued me in that cell phones now had an entirely different use. The ability to call people had become secondary in social status, and texting had become primary.