8.12.2009

Amusing Ourselves to Death

I've been a huge fan of Prof Wesch's (University of Kansas) work on what can only be described as Digital Ethnography. In one of his latest videos, he tries to answer some very interesting questions about blogging, social media sites, and what it all means to the generation growing up with and through it.

Ever wonder why people blog, or post "personal confessions" to youtube? Watch and listen:

1 comment:

Lisa said...

Brilliant and inspirational. Thanks. I especially liked the quote at the end presenting an optimistic vision of using new media as a vehicle to to change the philosophy of discourse represented by the word, "Whatever".
-LT