How will social media change democracy? Do we need representational democracy (voting in a mediator) or can we run a direct democracy on Government-as-a-platform. Given that the biggest issues that faced Australia's prime ministerial battle was lack of communication from Government AND Media, should social media be utilised more? For oversease subscribers, this morning Australia's Prime Minister faced a battle against her ex Prime Minister for leadership. 

We talk about Facebook and the cruise ship sinking, Wikipedia blackout and SOPA/PIPA and how local government is doing social media. Guest is Shel Israel this week , along with Stephen Johnson (@huxley) Lee Hopkins (@leehopkins) Teå (@tealou) & me. Laurel Papworth @SilkCharm