This document discusses how technology is disrupting traditional forms of storytelling and journalism. It explores how technologies like Twitter deliver news in 140 characters or less, representing a shift away from traditional journalistic narratives. The document also mentions how it will examine this disruption of storytelling in a historical context and compare the development of new communication technologies like Twitter to historical examples like the Cherokee creation of their written language.

1. Twitter Democracy
A changing news media in 140 characters

2. Ground rules
• Laptops, PDAs, cell phones always allowed in
this class. (Since we’re talking about open
architecture, we might as well live it.)

3. Newschecks
• http://twitter.com/

4. 2. Getting past ‘zap’
We’ll explore the disruption of storytelling by
technology in a historical context

5. Tell me a story.
• Four powerful words that begin soon after
birth.
• Role of journalists as storytelling
• How does “disruptive” technology change
that?

6. Dine’ tah
• Stories about the place of “emergence.”

7. Talking Leaves
• Cherokee development of language

8. New technology
• Bits of information, high speed

9. Following the future
• Another view of Twitter & Web 2.0