Clay Shirky: End of audience
Media Magazine reading Media Magazine 55 has an overview of technology journalist Bill Thompson’s conference presentation on ‘What has the internet ever done for me?’ It’s an excellent summary of the internet’s brief history and its impact on society. Go to our Media Magazine archive, click on MM55 and scroll to page 13 to read the article ‘What has the internet ever done for me?’ Answer the following questions: 1) Looking over the article as a whole, what are some of the positive developments due to the internet highlighted by Bill Thompson? - Emailing and exchanging files easier - Interconnectivity of the world - Innovation 2) What are the negatives or dangers linked to the development of the internet? - The network doesn't care about what the data is and how it's used - Impossible to stop spam, abuse or child abuse 3) What does ‘open technology’ refer to? Do you agree with the idea of ‘open technology’? The idea that an open society based around principles of equality of...