The Virtual Revolution Notes
Tim Burners Lee - Created the world wide web, British Man. WWW.
Tim Burners Lee now uses all profits for people in third world countries providing them with Internet assess.
1/4 of the planet use the web
A billions are spent on the web
5million people use dating websites a month
40% of men use the web for porn
More than 65 million use wikipedia a month
Ordinary people can author and edit wiki -> this challenges authority and lead to pluralism and people power.
Andrew Keen –“ Internet is reducing culture”
John Perry Barlow believes the self-expression should have
no limits. His quote is below
" control what people believe by controlling what they
have access to"
Ushahidi allows people in Kenya to have voices
1991 -> was the first website
Blogging allows people to Have Self expression
All Gore is the vice president of America he said the Internet is "exciting and
revolutionary"
Shawn Fanning is the owner and founder of Napster
Over 2 billion videos are uploaded a day
Youtube's 1st video uploaded 2005
The Huffington Post by Ariana Puffington was the 1st news
paper type website
Jimmy Wales is the co founder of wikipedia
Youtube allows freedom of voices around the globe to
interact
Sir Tim Burners Lee “connecting the world”
2 billion people are online as I type this
The Internet has challenged authorities
In powering tool “America’s vice president” All Gore
It is similar to the industrial revolution
18 West London residents read the most Blogs
3.5 million Users in the UK are online
Napster was shut down in 2001 due to illegal music
downloading was available
YouTube co-founder “chance for everyone to be seen” chad
Hurley
The net is a pluralism of voices
The net is structured, it has a hierarchy
“Sense of freedom” Sir Tim
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