The Guardian has an interview with Andrew Keen, Internet supervillain and author of The Cult of the Amateur. Keen rails against Web 2.0, claiming not only that the proliferation of blogs, social networking and other user-generated content is “dumbing down the Internet” but also that it is killing off old media such as newspapers. While it is true that there’s a lot of crap content out there, old media isn’t exactly perfect - just look at The Sun, for example. As for the simplification about Web 2.0 content killing off old media, Keen should accept that protectionism isn’t the way forward - rather the “old” media needs to emulate what makes “new” media so attractive.

The in-depth Guardian interview can be found here.

Posted Tuesday, August 14th, 2007 @ 2:18 am
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