ICT and society - what's new?

This page is a place to display some videos news and links that point to big picture issues on the impact of ICT on society and education.

Larry Lessig is one of the foremost legal authorities on the Internet. Here he is giving one of the famous TED talks about the urgent need for copyright laws to be changed to adapt to the reality of media today. It is 19 min, and is an excellent example of how a talk, with images can be presented.

How creativity is being strangled
by the law.

It also shows some excellent examples of what re-mixing can produce. JT

Professor Michael Wesch had no idea of the impact this little image story would have. Several million viewers later, it's title says it all: The Machine is Us/ing Us 4.5 min JT

This is the second of Michael Wesch's amazing image stories: this one Information R/evolution is a very stimulating and challenging view of the revolution that is taking place. Will engage students. 5.5 min JT

EPIC 2014 was made in 2004 and describes what happens to news media up to 2014 in rather grim but thought provoking terms. It has had a huge audience and has been updated as EPIC 2015. Apart from a gripping story, it uses excellent graphics to perfectly complement the audio. 8 min JT

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This page may end up needing to be transformed into a menu. The current content is mainly related to copyright for example. ICT issues or implications for our society can be categorised in sub sections like copyright, security, privacy, careers and employment.

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