Is the Future of the Internet the Future of Knowledge?
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Date
27 May 2008
Speakers:
- Lawrence M. Sanger PhD, co-founder of Wikipedia and founder of Citizendium
- Andrew Keen, prominent critic of the Internet as a means of acquiring knowledge, author of 'The Cult of the Amateur' (2007)
Description:
US-based panel speakers Lawrence M. Sanger, PhD and Andrew Keen discuss issues of legitimacy, credibility, regulation and censorship on the Internet.
Topics addressed include:
What role do truth, trust and expertise have to play in the creation and dissemination of knowledge and news through the Internet? What (or who) should we believe and why?
Is the Internet's role in shaping knowledge creation and dissemination broadly a force for good? Doesn't participation educate? Doesn't such an array of easily accessible knowledge and information have a potentially democratising effect?
Should knowledge and news production by non-professionals on the Internet be limited in any way?
This panel discussion was part of the Weidenfeld Scholars' Speaker Series in Oxford, sponsored by the Weidenfeld Institute for Strategic Dialogue (London) and organized in collaboration with the OII.
Duration
76 mins