Technology is changing us
25/11/08 16:38
A new book is out called ‘The Rise of the Video Republic’, and if you visit this site you can see a video just released called ‘The Video Republic’ (click on the video). It’s short and worth a look because it captures very effectively what we all know - which is that new technology is changing us; or in the words used in the film, ‘Video is changing young people - into reporters’.
Whether on YouTube, the internet, email, or via texts, millions of people are telling their stories. The old days when the dissemination of information was the job of a few professionals working for a handful of media monopolies has gone. Now anyone with a computer gets to share their opinions with the world. It’s what the people at ‘Demos’ call ‘the new theatre of public information’ or ‘the messy alternative realm of video creation and exchange.
Is this more democracy or is it chaos? Tell us what you think.
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