RUSHKOFF'S ANSWER TO KEEN

 Discussion of your answers to Questions about Andrew Keen's great seduction:

1. How does Keen's does Keen define Democratized media, and what are his main issues with this trend? use examples from the web in the form of links.

2. Compare and Contrast Keens take on Social Media with Douglas Rushkoff's. Which one speaks to you and your own experiences and why?

  IN CONTRAST TO:

Program or be Programmed

Ten Commands for a Digital Age
Douglas Rushkoff

The Commands are not commandments, meant as orders from God to a population, but rather ways of taking command of any of the biases of digital media. The way to take command of digital media’s asynchronous bias, for example, is not to be “always on.”
Here are the ten from the book.


I. TIME
Do Not Be Always On
II. PLACE
Live in Person
III. CHOICE
You May Always Choose None of the Above
IV. COMPLEXITY
You Are Never Completely Right
V. SCALE
One Size Does Not Fit All
VI. IDENTITY
Be Yourself
VII. SOCIAL
Do Not Sell Your Friends
VIII. FACT
Tell the Truth
IX. OPENNESS
Share, Don’t Steal
X. PURPOSE
Program or Be Programmed


 WATCH:

Web 2.0 "How the Web Ate the Economy and Why it’s Great for Everyone."
Web 2.0 by douglas rushkoff 2009

Next time look at andrew keen's solutions..