The Twitter Revolution: how the internet has changed us

This chapter explores what psychoanalytic thinking can add to our current understanding of the ubiquitous Twitter phenomenon, and considers how it might be changing our object relations and our societal relatedness. The chapter examines several interconnected aspects of the information revolution, including the Internets impact on individuals, markets, and society. It ends by considering how the Twitter Revolution might be changing the relationship between the individual and the realm of political.