No reciepe for success introduction to digital media. Clay shirkys new book, here comes everybody is at once highly readable and a massive undertaking. I was looking forward to absorbing some insights into social media and human behavior. Here comes everybody chapters 9, 10, 11 summary here. Summary and commentary of clay shirkys here comes everybody. Read chapter 3 of his book, everyone is a media outlet, and answer the following questions. When clay shirky was a young boy he thought that the main technologies for the 21st century would be the atomic energy and the spaceships to travel throughout the milky way fast forward to when he is a grown up in the late 20th century, he discovers that the main technologies are the transistors and the abortion pill. Chapter 1 chapter 2 chapter 3 chapter 4 chapter 5 it takes a village to find a phone 1 sharing anchors community 25 everyone is a media outlet 55 publish, then filter 81. Clay shirky academic dictionaries and encyclopedias. Complete webibliography for here comes everybody by.
The power of organizing without organisations, the book has enjoyed commercial and critical success. He says that even though large social groups are different from small ones we are still understanding all the. Carter journalism institute and assistant arts professor in the new media focused graduate interactive telecommunications. Clay shirky s new book, here comes everybody is at once highly readable and a massive undertaking. Here comes everybody clay shirkys book here comes everybody charts the way social media and connectivity is changing the world. The result is the mass amateurization of efforts previously reserved for media professionals 55. On the most basic level here comes everybody is about the impact new digital media technologies have had on the organization, maintenance, and power of groups. Clay shirkey, everyone is a media outlet chapter 3. Chapter 11 summary of a summary chapter 11 is the last chapter before the epilogue, so it was more or less a huge summary of the book. Jul 01, 2011 here comes everybody hce is a nickname given to humphrey chimpden e arwicker in james joyces novel finnegans wake. Personal motivation meets collaborative production of here comes everybody many events.
Here comes everybody by clay shirky and wethink by. For example, on tumblr, the promise holds that if you are talented and a good photographer, people will look at your work. Leonard mlodinow, the bestselling author of the drunkards walk and coauthor of the grand design with stephen hawking, gives us a startling and eyeopening examination of how the unconscious mind shapes our experience of the world and how, for instance, we often misperceive our relationships with family, friends, and business associates, misunderstand the reasons for our investment. My dominant response to clay shirkys sharing anchors community is to apply the notion of sharing to the social media sites facebook, twitter and youtube.
The power of organizing without organizations are unreadable. In chapter eleven, promise, tool, bargain, shirky states that each success story of using. Shirky states that the internet is the biggest disruptive force since the telephone, television, transistor and the birth control pill combined. Nov 30, 2011 anyway,the thoughts in this chapter are excellent. Clay shirky introduces us to the issues well be dealing with in here comes everybody with an anecdote a mechanism that he will use throughout the rest of the book. In here comes everybody clay shirky gives us his analysis on what the impact of this social revolution will be for better or for worse on what we do and who we are. One of the cultures wisest observers of the transformational power of the new forms of techenabled social interaction is clay shirky, and here comes everybody is his marvelous reckoning with the ramifications of all this on what we do and who we are. Here comes everybody by clay shirky unite youth dublin. Clay shirky, author of the just released here comes everybody. Here comes everybody hce is a nickname given to humphrey chimpden e arwicker in james joyces novel finnegans wake. A revelatory examination of how the wildfirelike spread of new forms of social interaction enabled by technology is changing the way humans form groups and exist within them, with profound longterm economic and social effectsfor good and for ill a handful of kite hobbyists scattered around the world find each other online and collaborate on the most radical improvement in.
Let a thousand flowers bloom a talk about journalism and pay walls. Mar 05, 2008 clay shirky, author of the just released here comes everybody. When the barrier to returning something is high, we make peace with finders, keepers. Our social tools remove older obstacles to public expression. Video and audio of interviewdiscussion with clay shirky by will wilkinson on. Clay shirky may be the finest thinker we have on the internet revolution, but here comes everybody is more than just a technology book. Clay shirky has some very interesting things to say about online collaboration based on stories and empirical evidence. Here comes everybody lost something feels a diffuse sense of anger at whoever found and kept it, but this time it was personal, since evan, and every one reading stolen sidekick, now knew who had the phone and had seen her insulting refusals to return it. How technology makes consumers into collaborators is a 2010 nonfiction book by clay shirky, originally published in with the subtitle creativity and generosity in a connected age. A revolution in social organization has commenced, and clay shirky is. Clay shirky allen lane an imprint of penguin books. In cognitive surplus, internet guru clay shirky forecasts the thrilling changes we will all enjoy as new digital technology puts our untapped resources of talent and goodwill to use at last. The power of organizing without organizations speaking at harvard law schools austin hall on feb. In the developed world, the experience of the average twentyfiveyearold is one of substantial overlap between online and offline friends and.
From the bestselling author of here comes everybody, clay shirkys cognitive surplus. Normally the final chapter wraps up, but here shirky discusses 11 principles associated with tapping into cognitive surplus. Since the 2008 publication of clay shirkys here comes everybody. Now, though, the tools for sharing and cooperating on a global scale have been placed in the hands of individual citizens. A revelatory examination of how the wildfirelike spread of ne. Penguin, 2008 the notes below are direct transcriptions, except for what appears in square brackets.
Shirky explains that en though there is no recipe for the successful use of social toolsevery working system is a mix of social and technological factors. The book is an indirect sequel to shirkys here comes everybody, which covered the impact of social media. The first two chapters of clay shirkys book, here comes everybody. He sets out to explain how new electronic media are transforming society. Written by clay shirky, narrated by eric michael summerer. The power of organizing without organizations by shirky, clay isbn. The purpose of this short text is to summarize and discuss the key. Looking for the mouse is as meaty a chapter as any in the book.
A revolution in social organization has commenced, and clay shirky is its brilliant chronicler. Complete webibliography for here comes everybody by clay. Shirky has adopte d it for this seminal work 2008 on the effect of the internet on group dynamics and traditional business models and the implications for. His consulting practice is focused on the rise of decentralized technologies such as peertopeer, web services, and wireless networks that provide alternatives to the wired clientserver infrastructure that characterizes the web. Clay shirkys lucid and penetrating analysis steers you through the online social explosion asking. The second last chapter, clay shirky will wrap up what hes been saying about how social media is good, and so on and so forth. He sets out to explain, as many recent authors have done, how new communication technologies and the people who use them are changing the world we live in. Feb, 20 since the 2008 publication of clay shirkys here comes everybody. Personal motivation meets collaborative production. View homework help here comes everybody chapters 9, 10, 11 summary from engl 004 at saint marys college of california. He uses the phrase the internet runs on love to describe the nature of such collaborations. Shirky divides his time between consulting, teaching, and writing on the social and economic effects of internet technologies. I have drawn from the text several notable arguments that shirky exhaustively presents. Fitting our tools to a small world shirky discusses the fact that you are likely to find a connection with a random individual that you might meet on a plane.
The author considers examples such as wikipedia, myspace, and other social media in his analysis. The power of organizing without organizations by oset babur here comes everybody clay shirky 2009 shirkys book discusses how social tools support group organization and communication in an entirely new way, one that was previously impossible. This is a well written and interesting book about the way the social tools created through the internet have an impact on the way we communicate, share and collaborate. Mar 28, 2011 in chapter 11, clay shirky wrote about groups and how they attract members because they promise things. The power of organizing without organizations is a book by clay shirky published by penguin press in 2008 on the effect of the internet on modern group dynamics and organization. The power of organizing without organizations clay shirky, author. Television became a kind of universal parttime job, and. A revelatory examination of how the wildfirelike spread of new forms of social interaction enabled by technology is changing the way humans form groups and exist within them, with profound longterm economic and social effectsfor good and for ill a handful of kite hobbyists scattered around the world find each other online and collaborate on the most radical improvement in kite design in decades. Creativity and generosity in a connected age is a fascinating look at how the internet is transforming our culture, providing new outlets for human potential in the past, we filled our free time with the tools at our disposal. Shirky on coase, collaboration and here comes everybody.
Here comes everybody by clay shirky while we like to cover exciting new technologies at ars, author and teacher timothy b. In the developed world, the experience of the average twentyfiveyearold is one of substantial overlap between online and offline friends and colleagues. This weeks reading was clay shirkys last chapter in here comes everybody, chapter 11. Here comes everybody the power of organizing without organizations by clay shirky london. And chapter 5 in which he explains how wikipedia works. The book is really an eyeopener when shirky puts the current electronic media in historical context. In itself, that sounds common enough, but shirky s focus and specificity raise his book to a level of much greater value and utility than its peers. Since the 2008 publication of clay shirky s here comes everybody. Here comes everybody chapters 9, 10, 11 summary here comes. He explains that this is because people social connectedness follows a power curve.
Shirkys second chapter starts out with this thought. Shirky has adopte d it for this seminal work 2008 on the effect of the internet on group dynamics and traditional business models and the. A midwestern professor of middle eastern history starts a blog after 911 that becomes essential reading for journalists covering the iraq war. Shirky discusses the advantages of collaboration between a group of people.
Cognitive surplus focuses on describing the free time that. He uses wikipedia as his example and describes in some small details how the process works for the completion of articles. Leonard mlodinow, the bestselling author of the drunkards walk and coauthor of the grand design with stephen hawking, gives us a startling and eyeopening examination of how the unconscious mind shapes our experience of the world and how, for instance, we often misperceive our relationships with family, friends, and business associates, misunderstand the. One person creates a stub and people add to it, take away from it, add sources, edit grammar,etc. Jul 06, 2008 the first two chapters of clay shirkys book, here comes everybody. A ci p catalogue record for this book is available from the british library. Download and keep this book for free with a 30 day trial. When i picked up the book, i recognized the famous name. Here comes everybody read chapter 3 of his book, everyone is a media outlet, and answer the following questions.
Ive heard others say the printing press, and a blog i read recently compared the internet to the invention of alphabet. Here comes everybody blog with this transcript of shirkys speech on cognitive surplus from the web 2. Hce is referred to by literally thousands of names throughout joyces book. In the book, he discusses the ways in which the action of a group adds up to something more than just aggregated individual action borrowing the. Whats next on the web social networking, user feedback and tweeting are now common web experiences. The spread of the internet and mobile phones are changing how people come together and get things doneand sparking a revolution that, as clay shirky. In chapter one, he tells the story of ivannas phone, left in a new york city cab in. Clay shirkys new book, here comes everybody is at once highly readable and a.
Here comes everybody is a revelatory examination of how the wildfirelike spread of new forms of social interaction enabled by technology is changing the way humans form groups and exist within them. The power of organizing without organizations is a book by clay shirky published by penguin press in 2008 on the effect of. He has a joint appointment at new york university nyu as a distinguished writer in residence at the arthur l. Anyone interested in the vitality and influence of groups of human beings from knitting circles, to political movements, to multinational corporations. Clay shirky on new book here comes everybody youtube.