Comments on: Is Web2.0 Culture Risking Democracy? http://www.cogniview.com/convert-pdf-to-excel/post/web2-democracy/ Excel(lent) Stuff Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:42:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Prozac. http://www.cogniview.com/convert-pdf-to-excel/post/web2-democracy/comment-page-1/#comment-243924 Prozac. Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:26:16 +0000 http://www.cogniview.com/convert-pdf-to-excel/post/web2-democracy/#comment-243924 <strong>Prozac....</strong> Prozac withdrawl. Prozac.... Prozac….

Prozac withdrawl. Prozac….

]]> By: Claudia http://www.cogniview.com/convert-pdf-to-excel/post/web2-democracy/comment-page-1/#comment-71419 Claudia Fri, 09 May 2008 02:01:12 +0000 http://www.cogniview.com/convert-pdf-to-excel/post/web2-democracy/#comment-71419 Hmm...I had a similar discussion with another teacher regarding standards and what the new web is doing to our high school students. On one hand, there's a challenge to the genereal media to have better reporting to reach more sectors of society. On the other hand, blog wrting is brief, web communities are sometimes not as productive, and very narrowed focus. But caring about the big picture and those around you is really a skill learned and practiced througout a life time. Do I think web 2.0 is a risk to democracy? yes, but its really a sympton of what society has failed to teach: care and responsibility for others. Hmm…I had a similar discussion with another teacher regarding standards and what the new web is doing to our high school students. On one hand, there’s a challenge to the genereal media to have better reporting to reach more sectors of society. On the other hand, blog wrting is brief, web communities are sometimes not as productive, and very narrowed focus. But caring about the big picture and those around you is really a skill learned and practiced througout a life time. Do I think web 2.0 is a risk to democracy? yes, but its really a sympton of what society has failed to teach: care and responsibility for others.

]]> By: Chris Garrett http://www.cogniview.com/convert-pdf-to-excel/post/web2-democracy/comment-page-1/#comment-70866 Chris Garrett Tue, 06 May 2008 20:37:08 +0000 http://www.cogniview.com/convert-pdf-to-excel/post/web2-democracy/#comment-70866 Cool, thanks for the links, but does the fact I am in the UK and don't know of them show that we are missing something? Cool, thanks for the links, but does the fact I am in the UK and don’t know of them show that we are missing something?

]]> By: John Clements http://www.cogniview.com/convert-pdf-to-excel/post/web2-democracy/comment-page-1/#comment-70667 John Clements Tue, 06 May 2008 15:42:30 +0000 http://www.cogniview.com/convert-pdf-to-excel/post/web2-democracy/#comment-70667 I think the comment about the lack of general knowledge is relevant, but the reality I think we are dealing with as a result of the web phenomena is specialisation. Techy people know more and more about tech, less and less about stuff they find boring like politics. Meanwhile, politically motivated people go on specialising and upholding democracy, using, guess what? The Internet and other tech tools. The big question is co-operation and partnership. This is certainly happening in the UK, though I can't say how scaled it is. Take a look at the democracy projects: http://theyworkforyou.com, http://writetothem.com; for a stateside example, try http://www.groupsnearyou.com/ I think the comment about the lack of general knowledge is relevant, but the reality I think we are dealing with as a result of the web phenomena is specialisation.

Techy people know more and more about tech, less and less about stuff they find boring like politics. Meanwhile, politically motivated people go on specialising and upholding democracy, using, guess what? The Internet and other tech tools.

The big question is co-operation and partnership. This is certainly happening in the UK, though I can’t say how scaled it is. Take a look at the democracy projects: http://theyworkforyou.com, http://writetothem.com; for a stateside example, try http://www.groupsnearyou.com/

]]> By: Chris Garrett http://www.cogniview.com/convert-pdf-to-excel/post/web2-democracy/comment-page-1/#comment-70487 Chris Garrett Tue, 06 May 2008 12:58:50 +0000 http://www.cogniview.com/convert-pdf-to-excel/post/web2-democracy/#comment-70487 Do you think this is worse now than it was before? I have a feeling that general knowledge, especially current affairs, will only get worse due to our cherry picking the media we consume. Do you think this is worse now than it was before? I have a feeling that general knowledge, especially current affairs, will only get worse due to our cherry picking the media we consume.

]]> By: Michael Holdcroft http://www.cogniview.com/convert-pdf-to-excel/post/web2-democracy/comment-page-1/#comment-70339 Michael Holdcroft Tue, 06 May 2008 10:45:53 +0000 http://www.cogniview.com/convert-pdf-to-excel/post/web2-democracy/#comment-70339 Chris, I deal with a lot of people everyday and one thing sticks out like a sore thumb: Most people's standard of general knowledge is very, very poor. Michael Chris,

I deal with a lot of people everyday and one thing sticks out like a sore thumb: Most people’s standard of general knowledge is very, very poor.

Michael

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