2. "Freedom is fostered when the means of communication are dispersed, decentralized and easily available....." Ithiel de Sola Pool, 1983 Draw a list for and against this statement.
3. Don Tapscott and Anthony Williams published Wikinomics in 2006. Charles Leadbeater wrote We-Think in 2008. Along with Chris Anderson's Long Tail, Wikinomics and We-Think are the big ideas about business and commerce in the online age. They look at the impact of Web 2.0 on the media audience and media institutions. Web 2.0 is our current Internet. Web 2.0 allows users to share and upload content (Facebook pictures, You Tube videos etc.) and also give feedback on other people's content - Likes/Dislikes; writing on Facebook walls etc.
4. Web 2.0 has brought cultural studies and economics together: As people individually and collectively program the Web, they're increasingly in command. They not only have an abundance of choices, they can increasingly rely on themselves. This is the new consumer power. It's not just the ability to swap suppliers at the click of a mouse; it's the power to become their own supplier - in effect to become an economy unto themselves. Tapscott & Williams (2006: page 46)
5. A short animation that outlines Charles Leadbeater's idea of "We-Think"
6. "New ideas come through conversations....." "Mass innovation comes from communities......." Charles Leadbeater "We-Think" Web sites and technologically converged mobile phones have unleashed people's creativity. In your opinion has being creative become more important over the last few years? What web sites and devices encourage creativity? Where can you share your creations? Why do people share their creations?
