59. Social media benefits
trump security fears
• Researchers warn that if the government distances itself from Twitter and
Facebook, Web 2.0 ignorance could pose its own security threat and hinder
Department of Defense communication, efficiency and community-building
efforts.
• “Some of the best lesson-learned sharing, the best idea generation has come from
military people using social media to talk to each other,” said Dr. James Jay
Carafano, a senior research fellow who studies national and homeland security
issues at the conservative Heritage Foundation.
• “To keep our public diplomacy relevant today, we have to reach out and connect
with people on their terms, whether we use blogs or texts—or tweets,” Graffy
wrote.
June 10, 2009, Medill School , Northwestern University, Washington
http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/washington/news.aspx?id=133987