Friday, January 28, 2011
Clay Shirky
"The moment we are living through is the largest increase in expressive capability in human history."
I think this the most interesting statement that Shirky makes in the video. Being a journalism major, it really peaks my interest whenever someone talks about the future of journalism. Like Dr. Wachanga pointed out during class, a professional is still needed to deliver the message to a mass audience in a professional manner, but everything is changing.
Shirky points out that we are all news-makers. I couldn't agree more. We live in a society where the technology we are granted allows everyone to create stories. Video is posted online, stories are created off of Twitter posts and blogs are featured on major news networks. There are so many more examples of citizen journalism that they are hard to name.
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I was taken back by Shirky's statement on this being the largest increase in expressive capability as well. It's so interesting to think about that and know we are apart of it. Prior to watching this video and reading Ch. 1, It Takes a Villiage to Find a Phone, I didn't realize how much these new communication capabilities are changing the entire world.
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