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Howard in his book about democratic revolutions in the muslim world argues. New york university professor clay shirky intelligently and insightfully explains how putting the internet and its online social media tools into the hands of nearly two billion people who have more than a trillion hours of free time is resulting in a new, optimistic and empowered world. Why i just asked my students to put their laptops away. Clay shirky born 1964 is an american writer, consultant and teacher on the social and economic effects of internet technologies and journalism he has a joint appointment at new york university nyu as a distinguished writer in residence at the arthur l. His talk is prescient at a time when twitter has been seen to be the most immediate way of delivering news from the front line of the iran election protests much of what he says derives from his fine book here comes everybody that i. It was published inand already so much has changed with its subject matter social groups on the internet in the last four years. Cognitive surplus audio books, clay shirky, ebooks online. This period is the largest increase in expressive capability in human history media that has been good at creating conversations phone is no good at creating groups. Cognitive surplus is a very narrowly defined book that offers up few thoughts of interest and mostly dwells on information that likely is already known by many using social media, or those like myself who have read a few books about the media, including some of the heavyweights mcluhan, boorstin, gleick, etc. Clay shirky is todays leading voice on the social and economic impact of internet technologies. In the book television technology and social form, raymond williams. A revelatory examination of how the wildfirelike spread of new forms of social interaction enabled by technology is changing the way humans form groups and exist within them, with profound longterm economic and social effectsfor good and for ill a handful of kite hobbyists scattered around the.
Clay shirky is a wide known professor of media and great defender of internet based social technologies. How social media can make history clay shirky youtube. Digital media have made creating and disseminating text, sound, and images cheap, easy and global. Clay shirkys book is enjoyable and worth reading, though the main pointthat technological change has lowered communications costs tremendously, thereby. Clay shirky argues that the history of the modern world could be rendered as the history of ways of arguing, where changes in media. How cognitive surplus will change the world ted talk.
Clay shirky on authorship, wiki novels, and the future of. Jun 26, 2010 computing and the net books cognitive surplus by clay shirky. Firstly they do not engage with the academic literatures on social media. As noble as it might be, id rather have the sophisticated analysis.
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While news from iran streams to the world, clay shirky shows how facebook, twitter, and txts help citizens in repressive regimes report on real news, bypassing censors however briefly. Technology, the public sphere, and political change shirky presents two arguments that are skeptical of the possibility social media making a difference in national politics 1 the tools are ineffective 2 they produce as much. The power of organizing without organizations clay shirky ebook. Overall overall cgnitive for anyone who wants to understand the social media and mass collaboration phenomenon. Social media and reform networks, protests, social. Yet they differ from the dominant tradition of writing social sci ence books. Rapid forms of communication, like email, texting and social media platforms have broken down. Clay shirky argues that the history of the modern world could be rendered as the history of ways of arguing, where changes in media change what sort of arguments are possible with deep social and political implications. Clay shirky has a very good grasp of how the internet, and particularly social media, is changing society. The power of organizing without organizations by shirky, clay isbn. Computing and the net books cognitive surplus by clay shirky. Pick up the key ideas in the book with this quick summary. Sep 09, 2019 clay shirky takes on these big questions in here comes everybody, and the result is an engaging, eyeopening book that draws upon social change theory, economics, and psychology.
Anyone interested in the vitality and influence of groups herf human beings from knitting circles, to political movements, to multinational corporationsneeds to read this book. The end of topdown control of news is changing the nature of politics. Carter journalism institute and assistant arts professor in the new media focused graduate interactive telecommunications program itp. Here comes everybody lost something feels a diffuse sense of anger at whoever found and kept it, but this time it was personal, since evan, and every one reading stolen sidekick, now knew who had the phone and had seen her insulting refusals to return it. The bulk of publicly available media is now created by people who understand little of the professional standards and practices for media. The internet has given people opportunities to communicate in means that were never possible before, and most of these innovations have been happening within only the past few years. Articles by clay shirky cnn, medium, the new york times. Anyone interested in the vitality and influence of groups herf human beings from knitting circles, to political movements, to multinational corporationsneeds to. Clay shirky explores the ways in which technology has altered news consumption, social work, networking, self expression, and more. In this prescient 2005 talk, clay shirky shows how closed groups and companies will give way to looser networks where small contributors have big roles and fluid cooperation replaces rigid planning. Clay shirkys here comes everybody is an anecdoterich look into the changing world of social media and digital collaboration. In itself, that sounds common enough, but shirkys focus and specificity raise his book to a level of much greater value and utility than its peers.
Here comes everybody is a revelatory examination of how the wildfirelike spread of new forms of social interaction enabled by technology is changing the way humans form groups and exist within them. I teach theory and practice of social media at nyu, and am an advocate and activist for the. A revolution in social organization has commenced, and clay shirky is its brilliant chronicler. Equally, both seem naive about the desirable social changes being unleashed in new media. Jun 19, 2009 in a wonderful ted talk recorded last month, clay shirky details why the arrival of social media on a massive scale is a true communications revolution. Clay shirky shows how our increasingly interconnected world.
Pdf promise and practice in studies of social media and. Sep 09, 2014 why i just asked my students to put their laptops away. He sets out to explain how new electronic media are transforming society. The history of the modern world could read as a history of ways of arguing, social media guru clay shirky says. Considered one of the finest thinkers on the internet revolution, clay provides an insightful and optimistic view of networks, social software, and technologys effects on society.
Internet and social media might not be more suitable for. Jun 30, 2019 equally, both seem naive about the desirable social changes being unleashed in new media. While news from iran streams to the world, clay shirky shows how facebook, twitter and txts help citizens in repressive regimes to report on real news, bypassing censors however briefly. Social media support to collective action and social movements. Social networking, user feedback and tweeting are now common web experiences. Cognitive surplus is a very narrowly defined book that offers up few thoughts of interest and mostly dwells on information that likely is already known by many using social media, or those like myself who have read a few books about the media, including some. Clay shirky is professor of new media at new york university and the author of cognitive surplus. In clay shirkys video, shirky speaks about how social media is affecting peoples everyday lives through the network in which has been created via the internet. It covers a wideranging topical terrain, much like the internet itself, with particular emphasis on collaboration and sharing, the politics of social media and social networking. The guardian published early june the list with the greatest nonfiction books.
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