Social media and democracy: A force moving beyond control

Back in the day, when a public figure could make a suggestion without filtering it through rigorous sensibilities, Theodore Roosevelt, speaking about diplomacy offered: “If you’ve got them by the, em, manhood, their hearts and minds will follow.”

He did not use the word “manhood” but if he were alive and felt the need to offer advice today he might suggest grabbing “them” through their social media portals.