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The latest 3 chapters (10, 11, and 12) was very informative. Gillmor talks about the internet and how it’s used so widely around the world. It currently is one of the most advanced technologies that exists and is the current most important medium. Before this was the printing press. Think about it. Without these technological innovations, new jobs and companies wouldn’t exist. Blogs and new media wouldn’t be here. People won’t be able to ‘youtube’ when they’re bored. The laws having to deal with media in Chapter 10 were very useful and informative. Learning certain terms like libel, malice, and defamation is vital to know, especially in media related jobs. You wouldn’t want to be sued one day so it’s best to learn these terms now. In chapter 11, Gillmor talks about copyright and cookies. Cookies is an interesting topic and has its ups and downs. In conclusion, the book We the Media allowed me to better understand about the new changes in media that are with us today. If we don’t stay up to speed with the rapid changes in the world, we would be left clueless behind others. Keep blogging!
What amazed me most about this last part of the book was Dan Gillmor’s take on copyrite. It amazed me that he was writing, in essence, a full length novel and he was giving it away for free on the internet.(which i wish i would have known before buying it) This act strengthens all the points he has made about the internet through out his book because it shows how much he actually believes in them, even when it comes to his own personal finances. I am curious to know how many times it was downloaded and what that would have equated to in book sales.
This reminds me of when the band Radiohead gave away their most recent album on their web site. It was also available in stores, but the band had it for download on the internet. They told their fans to pay whatever they though it was worth. While i’m sure many fans paid nothing, i am equally sure that many die hard Radiohead fans were willing to give the band upwards of $15 for the album. Now while not everyone was paying, you also have to take into account because the band was releasing the album independently, almost all of the money paid for the albums went to them, and not to a record label.
This is my first video I’ve ever created on iMovie!
