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How Sci-Fi Shapes the Internet

Event Interactive 2010
Format Dual
Organizer Adria Richards – ButYoureAGirl.com
Description 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?
Questions
Answered
  1. What unique contributions did early Sci-Fi writers make to radio, television and print that was completely different than the norm?
  2. What similar content do we see right now in blogs, Wikipedia, NaNoWriMo and social networks?
  3. What outlets are there online for people to creatively express themselves and collaborate?
  4. Is it easier to get published in the modern world and how does someone go about getting recognized?
  5. How Sci-Fi used stories to break down the barriers of racism and explore their beliefs
  6. Being a content creator is much easier today than 50 years ago, how has that affected the quality of content?
  7. Would Rod Serling's blog be popular and if so, why and in what circles?
  8. What 10 things would Alfred Hitchcock Tweet about, Delicious and Digg?
  9. What social networking people can learn from the past about story themes that still apply today.
  10. 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
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