CCT260H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Disruptive Innovation, Reductionism, Html Element
12 Mar 2014
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During disaster times like the 9/11 the web drew upon the knowledge of citizens from around the nation and around the world to make us smarter, and thus to keep out fears as realistic as possible on an unrealistic day. The web also provided points of access to local communities across the country. Like bridge closings (during 9/11) and stuff like thatthings that the national news wouldn"t have noticed, but the stories and observations came from people with genuine roots. The web consists of links among people and hyperlinks among pages. It consists not of a mass but of individuals joined in an enormous number of groups. Unlike broadcasting networks where they talk to you like a faceless mass. The public in real world has a facelessness element because it"s such a huge group. At every instant, our understanding and our behaviour are shaped by the fact that there are other people.
