Time‘s Person of the Year is the person or thing that has most influenced the culture and the news during the past year for good or for ill. Time said it is recognizing protesters because they are “redefining people power” around the world. The magazine cited dissent across the Middle East that has spread to Europe and the United States, and said these protesters are reshaping global politics, reported Associated Press.
The selection was announced Wednesday on NBC‘s The Today Show. Time‘s editor Rick Stengel said the protester was chosen, “For capturing and highlighting a global sense of restless promise, for upending governments and conventional wisdom, for combining the oldest of techniques with the newest of technologies to shine a light on human dignity and, finally, for steering the planet on a more democratic though sometimes more dangerous path for the 21st century.”
