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How Sci-Fi Shapes the Internet
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- What if Rod Serling had a blog? Would Alfred Hitchcock Tweet? These great producers and directors brought suspense and irony to the popular medium of the time; television. How did their work shape the minds of the young people of the time who would grow up to create "our" Internet?
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- What unique contributions did early Sci-Fi writers make to radio, television and print that was completely different than the norm?
- What similar content do we see right now in blogs, Wikipedia, NaNoWriMo and social networks?
- What outlets are there online for people to creatively express themselves and collaborate?
- Is it easier to get published in the modern world and how does someone go about getting recognized?
- How Sci-Fi used stories to break down the barriers of racism and explore their beliefs
- Being a content creator is much easier today than 50 years ago, how has that affected the quality of content?
- Would Rod Serling's blog be popular and if so, why and in what circles?
- What 10 things would Alfred Hitchcock Tweet about, Delicious and Digg?
- What social networking people can learn from the past about story themes that still apply today.
- How the computer world looked to Rod Serling and Alfred Hitchcock when they passed away.
- Level:
- Beginner
- Category:
- Content, New Technology / Next Generation, Social Issues, User Generated Content
- Type:
- Dual
- Event:
- Interactive 2010
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