What Clay Shirky thinks about social media
American writer on the social and economic effects of the internet, author of Here Comes Everybody (2008) and Cognitive Surplus (2010); has taught at New York University.
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6 dated positions, 2003 to c. 2010, in their own words. Our reading of what Clay Shirky has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our readingMedia is the connective tissue of society
Their wordsmedia is the connective tissue of society.
↗Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age (The Penguin Press, 2010)archive.org All 4 from this book
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Their wordswhen we use a network, the most important asset we get is access to one another.
↗Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age (The Penguin Press, 2010)archive.org All 4 from this book
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Their wordsMass amateurization of publishing makes mass amateurization of filtering a forced move.
↗Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations (The Penguin Press, 2008)archive.org All 6 from this book
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Their wordsThe normal experience of social software is failure.
↗A Group Is Its Own Worst Enemyshirky.com 1st of 4 in this piece
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Their wordsthe first is that you cannot completely separate technical and social issues.
↗A Group Is Its Own Worst Enemyshirky.com 2nd of 4 in this piece
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Their wordsThe user of social software is the group, not the individual.
↗A Group Is Its Own Worst Enemyshirky.com 4th of 4 in this piece