http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiP79vYsfbo
- Because of the Internet, millions of people can have their say.
- Information is everywhere (blogs, websites, videos) and peoples ideas take life when they are shared.
- New ideas usually come through conversation, therefore the Internet is a mass of conversation, creating mass innovation.
- The 20th century = mass production for mass consumption (factories, cars, TV). Whereas The 21st century = mass innovation (more ideas being shared by more people than ever before.
- Millions of people are creating games, worlds, knowledge, information and software.
- Mass innovation comes from communities as everyone leaves their piece. People are drawn to these communities in order to socialise and gain recognition.
- Motto of the generation growing up with the web is: 'We Think Therefore We Are'. This is good for democracy as more people will have a voice. (Equality and freedom, more people being creative)
- How do we protect what is private? Are we always safe sharing?
- In the past you were what you owned, now you are what you share
Key Quotations From The Website:
- Our freedom has allowed us to be creative with tools that help us express ourselves through writing, making videos and composing music.
- "The web expands the scope for surveillance, not just by the state and corporations, but also by our peers and friends". For example, YouTube.
- "Any indiscretion of youth could come back to haunt us thanks to a user- generated surveillance system of social networking in which everyone is keeping an eye on everyone else". This highlights that "nothing seems to be private anymore and that surely cannot be good for freedom".
- Thanks to the web, more people have access to knowledge- helping education and innovation amongst poorer people in the world. Due to this, the web should be good for equality however it "mostly rewards those who are already well connected by allowing them to network together, reinforcing their privilege".
- "The Web seems to destroy as much as it creates"
- "No amount of amateur blogging will make up for well trained and funded investigative journalism"
- Negatives of the Web: not only a source for creativity and innovation but also for stalkers, paedophiles, terrorists and criminals who organise shadow networks for purposes beyond our control. "The more connected we are the more opportunities for collaboration there should be, but the more vulnerable we also become".
Glossary:
Freedom- the state of being free or at liberty than in confinement or under physical restraint
Creativity- the state or quality of being innovative
Utopia- an ideal place or state
Collectivism- the political principle of centralized social and economic control
Blogosphere- made up of all blogs and there interconnectedness
Authoritarian- favouring complete obedience or subjection to authority as opposed to individual freedom
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