Keynote at the 2011 NEKLS Tech Day, from Dr. Michael Wesch, Kansas State University. Event held on August 2, 2011

1. Mediated Culture: Libraries and Librarians in New Media Environments by Michael Wesch Kansas State Universitymediatedcultures.net

2. If the conversations of our culturenow happen here ...

3. toward ... Ubiquitous computing Ubiquitous communication Ubiquitous information At unlimited speed About everything Everywhere From anywhere On all kinds of devices

4. which makes it “ridiculously easy” to Connect Organize Share Collect Collaborate Publish

6. What do we need to know for this test? How long does this paper need to be? How many references do I need? Can I use Wikipedia?

8. Fair Use Net Neutrality RSS Social Bookmarking Codec

12. from knowledgeable

13. from knowledgeable to knowledge-able

14. If the conversations of our culturenow happen here ...

15. What’s at stake …

34. Media are not just tools.

35. Media are not just means of communication.

36. Media mediate relationships

37. Media change

38. Media relationships change change

39. If the conversations of our culturenow happen here ...

42. the conversationsof our culturehappen here

43. the conversationsare controlled by few

44. the conversationsare controlled by few and designed for the masses

45. the conversationsare always entertaining

46. the conversationsare always entertaining (even the serious ones)‏

47. the conversationsare punctuated by 30 second commercials

48. the conversationscreate our culture

49. the conversationscreate our cultureof irrelevanceincoherenceand impotence

50. “What steps do you plan to take to reduce the conflict in the Middle East?”

51. “Or the rates of inflation,crime, or unemployment?”

52. “What do you plan to do aboutNATO, OPEC, the CIA, etc.?”

53. “I shall take the liberty of answering for you: ...

54. “You plan to do nothing.”

55. “You plan to do nothing.”- Neil Postman

56. “The public has adjusted to incoherence and been amused into indifference.”- Neil Postman

58. “in the midst of a fabulous array of historically unprecedented and utterly mind-boggling stimuli ...

59. “in the midst of a fabulous array of historically unprecedented and utterly mind-boggling stimuli ...whatever.”

60. “in the midst of a fabulous array of historically unprecedented and utterly mind-boggling stimuli ...whatever.” - Thomas de Zengotita

61. A brief history of “Whatever” pre-1960s: "Whatever. That's what I meant." Late 60s: "I don't care. Whatever." 1990s: MTV Generation – the indifferent "Meh."

63. It's a one-way conversation

64. You have to be on TV to have a voice

65. You have to be on TV to be significant

66. You have to be on TV to be significant

67. You have to be on TV to be significant

68. You have to be on TV to be significant

69. A brief history of “Whatever” pre-1960s: "Whatever. That's what I meant." Late 60s: "I don't care. Whatever." 1990s: MTV Generation – the indifferent "Meh." Late 90s - present: "Whatever. I'll do what I want."

73. the search for identity and recognition

75. need“critical thinking”

76. If the conversations of our culturenow happen here ... need“information literacy”

80. “User-Generated Content”

82. User-Generated Content User-Generated Filtering

83. User-Generated Content User-Generated Filtering

84. User-Generated Content User-Generated Filtering

88. User-Generated Content User-Generated Filtering User-Generated Organization

90. User-Generated Content User-Generated Filtering User-Generated Organization User-Generated Distribution

94. $1,000,000.00

97. $12.79

99. $2,600,000.00

100. $2,600,012.79

101. $0.00

118. a ubiquitous, context-aware, semantic, socialnetwork ofthings,people,andinformation

119. a ubiquitous, context-aware, semantic, socialnetwork ofthings,people,andinformation

120. a ubiquitous, context-aware, semantic, socialnetwork ofthings,people,andinformation

121. a ubiquitous, context-aware, semantic, socialnetwork ofthings,people,andinformation

122. If the conversations of our culturenow happen here ...

123. Why this matters ... not controlled by the few not one-way created by, for, and around networks, not masses transform individual pursuits into collective action

124. Why this might deeply matter ... We know ourselves through our relations with others. New media create new ways of relating to others.

134. If the conversations of our culturenow happen here ... not a one-way conversation

136. If the conversations of our culturenow happen here ... beyond“information literacy”

137. weforum.org

138. we-forum.org

139. we-forum.org

142. “the social imagination” - Maxine Greene

143. “the social imagination” “the capacity to invent visions of what should be and could be in our deficient society” - Maxine Greene

144. move from “information literacy”to“Digital Citizenship”- Gardner Campbell

145. If the conversations of our culturenow happen here ...

146. Freedom

147. Freedom Control

148. Community

149. Community Isolation

150. Participation

151. Participation Distraction

152. This is what we make of it.

154. What these walls say ... To learn is to acquire information Information is scarce Trust authority for good information Authorized information is beyond discussion Obey the authority Follow along

162. Knowledge-ability

164. To learn is to acquire information Information is scarce Trust authority for good information Authorized information is beyond discussion Obey the authority Follow along

165. How do we change the message?

166. Technology (alone) is not the answer.

167. 786,432 points of light

172. from knowledgeable

173. from knowledgeable to knowledge-able

174. knowledge-ability

175. knowledge-ability is a practice.

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178. + +

180. 90s: “Whatever. (I don't care what you think).”