Week 6 -- Web Site Genres

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Everyone:
No reading - book reviews due this week!
Post to your blog a short blurb about what you are reading - title, author, why you picked the book and some key points/arguments
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Title – Dan Gilmor

Author – We the Media: Grassroots Journalism By the People, For the People

Why – I chose this book for its renowned critique of critical issues surrounding the inevitable combination of technology and media which impacts webdesign message and content.

Key points/arguments:

Covering several topics, the book addresses how technologies such as weblogs, rss, mobile camera phones, etc. will and are currently transforming the roles of journalists, big business, politicians, government and more. The book also discusses the legal issues and implications of new technology in the United States including free speech, privacy, trolls, trust and creative commons. Gilmor advocates the idea of creative commons limiting his copyright with “some rights reserved” to 14 years and publishing the book online for individual use. He ultimately encourages experimentation, conversation and dialogue sparked from the ideas in his book.