“Today’s Internet Is Killing Our Culture and Assaulting Our Economy” Andrew Keen (2007). Critique This Viewpoint.
The aim of this essay is to mainly critique the viewpoint made by Andrew Keen that “Today’s Internet is Killing Our Culture and Assaulting Our Economy.” First, the brief introduction of Andrew Keen’s book and his viewpoints will be introduced. Second, the Web 2.0 applications such as 1) Wikipedia, 2) Blog, and 3) YouTube will be brought up into the essay and discuss their pros and cons to the Internet environment. Third, Keen’s arguments about these three Web 2.0 applications will be demonstrated. Finally, the conclusion to Keen’s arguments will be concluded.
Keen’s book and his viewpoints
Andrew Keen, the author of the book “Today’s Internet is Killing Our Culture and Assaulting Our Economy.”, feels painful that digital elites overtop of the cultural gatekeepers and crowds’ knowledge took place of professionals. He addresses the points that professional journalists, reporters, editors, musicians and other experts in different areas. These cultural gatekeepers are gradually replaced by amateurs. Therefore, the truth and personal opinions, professional and amateurs’ views in this world can hardly be distinguished from.
Keen made many intensely interesting points in his book and the summaries are followings (Keen, 2007),
Google is a parasite which can not create its own idea. Its only accomplishment is to invent an excellent algorithm that can connect these contents to each other on the Internet.
Keen accepts the fact that Wikipedia can be edited by everyone in public and those authors are willing and sometimes addicted to share their knowledge around the web. However, the fact is that Wikipedia can sometimes be different from the truth and sometimes confuse public having the idea of Wikipedia is always a cyclopedia that can be relied on and referred to.
Splogs establish an entire low quality, meaningless, long and tedious web system environment. The purposes of doing this are to waste Internet users’ time and seal the benefits from advertisement
Keen’s book and his viewpoints
Andrew Keen, the author of the book “Today’s Internet is Killing Our Culture and Assaulting Our Economy.”, feels painful that digital elites overtop of the cultural gatekeepers and crowds’ knowledge took place of professionals. He addresses the points that professional journalists, reporters, editors, musicians and other experts in different areas. These cultural gatekeepers are gradually replaced by amateurs. Therefore, the truth and personal opinions, professional and amateurs’ views in this world can hardly be distinguished from.
Keen made many intensely interesting points in his book and the summaries are followings (Keen, 2007),
Google is a parasite which can not create its own idea. Its only accomplishment is to invent an excellent algorithm that can connect these contents to each other on the Internet.
Keen accepts the fact that Wikipedia can be edited by everyone in public and those authors are willing and sometimes addicted to share their knowledge around the web. However, the fact is that Wikipedia can sometimes be different from the truth and sometimes confuse public having the idea of Wikipedia is always a cyclopedia that can be relied on and referred to.
Splogs establish an entire low quality, meaningless, long and tedious web system environment. The purposes of doing this are to waste Internet users’ time and seal the benefits from advertisement