Clay shirky
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? email and exchange files with other people at other universities The net if open to innovation like email, the web, Spotify or Snapchat 2) What are the negatives or dangers linked to the development of the internet? Network becoming invisible impossible to stop spam, trading of images and abuse. 3) What does ‘open technology’ refer to? Do you agree with the idea of ‘open technology’? having an open society based around principle of equality of opport