LifeTimes

African-American singer/songwriter Gil Scott-Heron — considered to be a “founding father” of hip-hop music — wrote a song in 1974 called “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” about the lack of TV news reporting on the important social changes then occurring throughout American society.

Why the U.S. news media whiteout? Maybe it was because “revolution” is, understandably, a word that tends to make people nervous. Whether it is in the political, cultural or journalistic spheres, a revolution means a major change from the status quo.

There is one revolution nowadays, however, that citizens in the United States not only seem to feel comfortable with but are rushing to embrace at lightning speed: the revolution in new media technology.
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