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New media literacy: a quiz

Ryan Thornburg has posted a quiz for his readers — an excerpt:
Could you explain how Twitter.com spread like wildfire the rumor of the death of Subway spokesman Jared Fogel? (And why it will be important for every political journalist to monitor the site on Nov. 3?)
Could you use Wikipedia’s revision history to see who edited [...]

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2008 07 14 Brian Boyer Uncategorized Comments (0)

Social production: why it’s important, and how it’s at risk

The Wikipedia, Creative Commons, and free and open source and software are brilliant, wonderful things. They’re examples of forms of collaboration never before possible, and are just a glimmer of what’s to come. But they’re not guaranteed.
Yochai Benkler says it far better than I could:
Social production is a real fact, not a fad. [...]

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2008 05 01 Brian Boyer Uncategorized Comments (2)