In this brief lecture Clay Shirky explains how the mobile phone and social media can make history. This resource is probably more for the teacher than the student....but i could be wrong!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_iN_QubRs0
This lecture is from 2009 but is still an extremely interesting and relevant media text.
ANDREW KEEN is not a big fan of digital media and he offers a very different viewpoint. Click on links below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fnb13MII88
This is KEEN explaining why he feels that digital media is encouraging THE CULT OF THE AMATEUR and that digital media is resulting in cultural chaos and moral decay:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGG1QKG6AjQ
More KEEN:
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2007/jul/20/computingandthenet.books
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFaNFj6QkJI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNQtCXSxdM0&feature=related
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