New Technology, New Voices

Once I had read the article New Technology, New Voices it made me realize how much of a phenomena cell phone usage is globally. In the United States we think of our cell phones primarily for recreational use, although much more in a job-friendly manner if you're a journalist but nonetheless not in the way cell phone coverage is happening outside of this country. The snap of a picture or a recording of voices can tell the whole story. That's what came to Egypt and Burma's rescue when it came to torture, abuse and inequality of rights. Just by Journalists using their cell phones to capture moments in time are what create the ability to enforce permanent change. In Egypt officers were prosecuted for torturing a minivan driver. Other areas like Kuwait used this "mobile democracy" to organize rallies  women to have the  right to vote. It is a sensational, instantaneous way to "reach" the masses and "grab" the change in history. New Technology, New Voices