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#Wikipedia | #Wikipedia | ||
#*the third most visited site for information and current events | |||
#*infinite monkeys providing infinite information for infinite readers | |||
#*perpetuating the cycle of misinformation and ignorance | |||
#*everyone can rewrite an entry to their liking | |||
#YouTube | |||
#*portal of amateur videos and world's fastest growing site | |||
#*infinite gallery of amateur movies showing everyday activities | |||
#*tagline for YouTube is <i>Broadcast Yourself</i> | |||
#Google | |||
#*logic of its search engine (algorithm) reflects the <i>wisdom</i> of the crowd | |||
#*the more people click on a link, the more likely the link will come up again | |||
#*Google just tells us what we already know | |||
#Digg and Reddit | |||
#*ordering of headlines reflects what other users have been reading | |||
#*rather than the expert judgment of news editors | |||
#*Reddit is a mirrof of our most banal interests | |||
#Personal Attention | |||
#*shameless selfadmiration of the mythical Narcissus | |||
#*desire for personal attention is drivin the new Internet economy | |||
#*social-networking sites like MySpace, Facebook, Bebo | |||
#*claim to be social networks but exist to advertise ourselves | |||
#Old Media | |||
#*old media is facing extinction, but what will take its place? | |||
#*say goodbye to today's experts and cultural gatekeepers | |||
#WIki-Novel | |||
#*literary experiment sponsored by the British publisher Penguin | |||
#*invites anyone to contribute to a collective online novel | |||
#*but can a collaboration of amateur voices create a coherent work? | |||
#Politics | |||
#*medium of choice for distorting the truth about politics and polititians |
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Abstract
Andrew Keen: Introduction. In: The Cult of the Amateur. How Today's Internet is Killing our Culture, Crown Business, 2007.
- T.H. Huxley's Theory
- If you provde infinite monkeys with typewriters, some monkey will eventually create a masterpiece – a play by Shakespeare, a Platonic dialoge, or an ecnomic tratise by Adam Smith.
- fortells the consequences of a lattening culture that is blurring the lines between traditional audience and author, creator and consumer, expert and amateur
- Web 2.0
- today's technology hooks all those monkeys up with typewriters
- internet users with networked personal computers
- they are creating an endless digital forest of mediocrity
- at the heard of self-publishing is the internet diary, the blog
- kids can't tell the difference between professional journalism and blogs
- for Generation Y utopians, every posting is just another version of the truth
- Wikipedia
- the third most visited site for information and current events
- infinite monkeys providing infinite information for infinite readers
- perpetuating the cycle of misinformation and ignorance
- everyone can rewrite an entry to their liking
- YouTube
- portal of amateur videos and world's fastest growing site
- infinite gallery of amateur movies showing everyday activities
- tagline for YouTube is Broadcast Yourself
- Google
- logic of its search engine (algorithm) reflects the wisdom of the crowd
- the more people click on a link, the more likely the link will come up again
- Google just tells us what we already know
- Digg and Reddit
- ordering of headlines reflects what other users have been reading
- rather than the expert judgment of news editors
- Reddit is a mirrof of our most banal interests
- Personal Attention
- shameless selfadmiration of the mythical Narcissus
- desire for personal attention is drivin the new Internet economy
- social-networking sites like MySpace, Facebook, Bebo
- claim to be social networks but exist to advertise ourselves
- Old Media
- old media is facing extinction, but what will take its place?
- say goodbye to today's experts and cultural gatekeepers
- WIki-Novel
- literary experiment sponsored by the British publisher Penguin
- invites anyone to contribute to a collective online novel
- but can a collaboration of amateur voices create a coherent work?
- Politics
- medium of choice for distorting the truth about politics and polititians