Clay Shirky: End of audience blog tasks
Clay Shirky: End of audience blog tasks
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
the only place that offers true freedom of speech along with freedom of press is the internet
2) What are the negatives or dangers linked to the development of the internet?
3) What does ‘open technology’ refer to? Do you agree with the idea of ‘open technology’?
It allows all of the different voices in the internet to be heard which will be difficult to control.
4) Bill Thompson outlines some of the challenges and questions for the future of the internet. What are they?
5) Where do you stand on the use and regulation of the internet? Should there be more control or more openness? Why?
Read Chapter 3 of his book, ‘Everyone is a media outlet’, and answer the following questions:
1) How does Shirky define a ‘profession’ and why does it apply to the traditional newspaper industry?
A profession is something that exists to solve a hard problem
2) What is the question facing the newspaper industry now the internet has created a “new ecosystem”?
" How will people get their news in the future?"
3) Why did Trent Lott’s speech in 2002 become news?
At issue are three sentences in Mr. Lott's tribute last Thursday to Mr. Thurmond, a South Carolina Republican who ran for president in 1948 on a Dixiecrat platform opposing ''social intermingling of the races.'' With Mr. Thurmond by his side, Mr. Lott, Republican of Mississippi, said:
''I want to say this about my state: When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We're proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years, either.''
The comments brought complaints from both sides of the political aisle.
4) What is ‘mass amateurisation’?
Mass amateurisation refers to the capabilities that new forms of media have given to non-professionals and the ways in which those non-professionals have applied those capabilities to solve problems
5) Shirky suggests that: “The same idea, published in dozens or hundreds of places, can have an amplifying effect that outweighs the verdict from the smaller number of professional outlets.” How can this be linked to the current media landscape and particularly ‘fake news’?
6) What does Shirky suggest about the social effects of technological change? Does this mean we are currently in the midst of the internet “revolution” or “chaos” Shirky mentions?
Clay Shirky suggests that we are in a state of chaos where social effects are behind technological changes.
7) Shirky says that “anyone can be a publisher… [and] anyone can be a journalist”. What does this mean and why is it important?
it refers to citizen journalism where anyone can report and produce anews story in real-time with the use of
smart phones.
8) What does Shirky suggest regarding the hundred years following the printing press revolution? Is there any evidence of this “intellectual and political chaos” in recent global events following the internet revolution?
9) Why is photography a good example of ‘mass amateurisation’?
Instagram allows people who aren't experts in photography to publish photos online using their smartphones
10) What do you think of Shirky’s ideas on the ‘End of audience’? Is this era of ‘mass amateurisation’ a positive thing? Or are we in a period of “intellectual and political chaos” where things are more broken than fixed?
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
the only place that offers true freedom of speech along with freedom of press is the internet
2) What are the negatives or dangers linked to the development of the internet?
- Bullying, trolls, stalkers, and crime. ...
- Exploitation and pornography and violent images. ...
- Addiction, time waster, and causes distractions. ...
- Never being able to disconnect. ...
- Identity theft, hacking, viruses, and cheating. ...
- Spam and advertising. ...
- Affects focus and patience.
It allows all of the different voices in the internet to be heard which will be difficult to control.
4) Bill Thompson outlines some of the challenges and questions for the future of the internet. What are they?
- Does open technology mean that free software can be used, changed and redistributed without payment or permission?
i think that news papers shouldn't be fully regulated but may need penalties put in place for when journalists go to far.
Clay Shirky: Here Comes EverybodyRead Chapter 3 of his book, ‘Everyone is a media outlet’, and answer the following questions:
1) How does Shirky define a ‘profession’ and why does it apply to the traditional newspaper industry?
A profession is something that exists to solve a hard problem
2) What is the question facing the newspaper industry now the internet has created a “new ecosystem”?
" How will people get their news in the future?"
3) Why did Trent Lott’s speech in 2002 become news?
At issue are three sentences in Mr. Lott's tribute last Thursday to Mr. Thurmond, a South Carolina Republican who ran for president in 1948 on a Dixiecrat platform opposing ''social intermingling of the races.'' With Mr. Thurmond by his side, Mr. Lott, Republican of Mississippi, said:
''I want to say this about my state: When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We're proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years, either.''
The comments brought complaints from both sides of the political aisle.
Mass amateurisation refers to the capabilities that new forms of media have given to non-professionals and the ways in which those non-professionals have applied those capabilities to solve problems
6) What does Shirky suggest about the social effects of technological change? Does this mean we are currently in the midst of the internet “revolution” or “chaos” Shirky mentions?
Clay Shirky suggests that we are in a state of chaos where social effects are behind technological changes.
7) Shirky says that “anyone can be a publisher… [and] anyone can be a journalist”. What does this mean and why is it important?
it refers to citizen journalism where anyone can report and produce anews story in real-time with the use of
smart phones.
8) What does Shirky suggest regarding the hundred years following the printing press revolution? Is there any evidence of this “intellectual and political chaos” in recent global events following the internet revolution?
9) Why is photography a good example of ‘mass amateurisation’?
Instagram allows people who aren't experts in photography to publish photos online using their smartphones
10) What do you think of Shirky’s ideas on the ‘End of audience’? Is this era of ‘mass amateurisation’ a positive thing? Or are we in a period of “intellectual and political chaos” where things are more broken than fixed?
i think it is a positive thing as the internet has allowed industries to develop and grow
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