ANDREW KEEN: Internet critic. Media Students should be aware of Keen's views.

Andrew Keen is a critic of digital culture and his eloquent cynicism/realism is perfect for comparison with critics such as Clay Shirky as his views challenge Shirky's optimistic perspective. The links below will allow student/teacher to digest Keen's views. His criticism of Web2.0 culture is useful when considering the impact of digital media at A2.

Keen believes that the internet and web2.0 culture is an example of 'democracy gone wild' and that web2.0 has produced a ' cacophony of unregulated...worthless opinion where everyone is talking simultaneously but 'no one' is listening to anyone else.'

Click on link to access Observer article from July 2007:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/jul/20/computingandthenet.books

Click on links to access YOU TUBE Keen:

This is a great clip from BBC Radio 4 and perfectly captures Keen's views. Click on link below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGG1QKG6AjQ&feature=related

The link below is an extended interview from the BBC's Virtual Revolution:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFaNFj6QkJI&feature=related

Keen answers the question: 'Is the Internet killing journalism?':

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNQtCXSxdM0&feature=related