Is the web making us dumber?
This article in the Observer newspaper draws on several recent books to warn that social media is making us more isolated, not more gregarious. Referring to Sherry Turkle’s new book Alone Together, the...
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In class, we’ll be reviewing (and adding to) case study examples of the use of community sites and ‘crowdsourcing’. Community/collaboration sites ASOS Life Dell IdeaStorm Ketchum Mindfire Lego...
View ArticleTwo new books: essential reading
For an intelligent and well-written overview of the impact of the internet, the web (they’re not the same thing) and mobile technologies, read John Naughton’s From Gutenberg to Zuckerberg (see my...
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