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1. Michael Wesch's main concern is understanding how digital connections are changing the way we communicate. 2. The invention of the printing press was important because it allowed for greater access to information as multiple copies of books could now be produced quickly and easily, enabling ideas to spread more rapidly. 3. Michael Wesch's main area of interest is studying the impact of digital connections and social networking in our world through exploring digital communication and interactive internet tools in his work.

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1. Michael Wesch's main concern is understanding how digital connections are changing the way we communicate. 2. The invention of the printing press was important because it allowed for greater access to information as multiple copies of books could now be produced quickly and easily, enabling ideas to spread more rapidly. 3. Michael Wesch's main area of interest is studying the impact of digital connections and social networking in our world through exploring digital communication and interactive internet tools in his work.

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DIGITAL CONNECTIONS

"Technology is connection us in ways never seen before in human history.


How will that change our societies, our relationships, ourselves?"

That's the question that interests Michael Wesch. The last time
communications technology had such a wide-ranging impact was 500 years
ago with the invention fo the printing press. Being able to print texts instead
of writing them by hand transformed the world. It changed the way people
could communicate with each other. Suddenly, multiple copies of books
could be made quickly and easily. As more books became available, so ideas
spread much more rapidly. But what will be the impact of digital technology,
which is the most powerful connecting tool we have ever seen?

Michael Wesch argues that communication is fundamental to our


relationships and so it follows that a change in the way we communicate will
change those relationships. Wesch, a university professor, explores digital
communication in his work. In particular, Wesch and his students look at
social net-working and other interactive internet tools. As well-known
example of such an application is YouTube. When people create and share
personal videos on YouTube, anyone anywhere can watch it. Wesch says that
this leads to some people feeling a sort of deep connection with the entire
world. But it's not a real relationship -it's not the same as the connection
you feel with a member of your family. In fact, as Wesch says, it's a
relationship without any real responsibility which you can turn off at any
moment. So does it make sense to talk about a YouTube 'community'?

Wesch himself experienced the impact of digital media when he created and
posted his own short video on YouTube. It attracted immediate attention and
has been viewed millions of times. In his video he tells us that webpages get
100 billion hits a day and that a new blog is started every half second. He
asks us to think about the power of this technology and how we use it. What
could we do with it? What is its potential?

Wesch isn't interested in what new media was originally designed for but in
how it can be used in other ways. For example, he describes how people
organise social protests such as gathering signatures for online petitions via
Facebook. He says that he tries to make sure his students end up in control
of the technology, not vice versa.

Outside of university, in the real world, Wesch believes it's crucial for people
to be able to operate in the new environment of digital media and to use it
for the greatest possible impact. It's the tragedy of our times that we are
now so connected we fail to see it. I want to believe that technology can
help us see relationships and global connections in positive new ways. It's
pretty amazing that I have this little box sitting on my desk through which I
can talk to anyone of a billion people. And yet do any of us really use it for
all the potential that's there?'

1. Michael Wesch main concern is...


Select one:
a. understanding why digital connections have an impact on us.
b. studying the impact of digital connections in our world.
c. how digital connections are changing the way we communicate.

2. Why was the invention of the printing press important?

Select one:
a. Because people had greater access to information.
b. Because it was a powerful tool.
c. Because books became easy to produce.

3. What is Wesch's main area of interest?


Select one:
a. Internet videos
b. Digital technology
c. Social networking

4. What does Wesch say about internet relationships?


Select one:
a. He doesn't understand them.
b. They are not like real relationships.
c. They are the same as family relationships.

5. Why did Wesch feel the effect of digital media himself?


Select one:
a. Because he created his own video on youtube.
b. Because he started his own blog after his youtube hit.
c. Because his youtube video was watched a lot of times.

6. What does Wesch say about digital media?


Select one:
a. People should find new uses for these applications.
b. Social networking has no useful purpose in the real world.

c. Connecting to more and more people has no real value.

7. One of Wesch's goals with his students is that they...


Select one:
a. can collect petitions on social networks.
b. aren't dominated by technology.
c. have real relationships in the "real world".

8. Wesch believes that people must be able to...


Select one:
a. be connected to other globally.
b. handle new digital media skillfully.
c. use digital media at its full potential.
conexiones digitales

"La tecnologa es la conexin con nosotros de una manera nunca antes vista
en la historia humana. Cmo que cambiar nuestras sociedades, nuestras
relaciones, nosotros mismos?"

Esa es la pregunta que interesa a Michael Wesch. La ltima tecnologa de las


comunicaciones en tiempo tuvo un impacto tan amplio era hace 500 aos
con la invencin de la imprenta fo. Ser capaz de imprimir textos en vez de
escribir a mano transformado el mundo. Cambi la forma de personas
podran comunicarse entre s. De repente, varias copias de los libros podran
hacerse rpida y fcilmente. Como se dispusiera de ms libros, por lo que
las ideas se propagan mucho ms rpidamente. Pero cul ser el impacto
de la tecnologa digital, que es la ms poderosa herramienta de conexin
que hemos visto?

Michael Wesch sostiene que la comunicacin es fundamental para nuestras


relaciones y lo que se deduce que un cambio en la forma en que nos
comunicamos va a cambiar esas relaciones. Wesch, un profesor

universitario, explora la comunicacin digital en su trabajo. En particular,


Wesch y sus estudiantes miran a otras herramientas de internet interactivas
social, el trabajo en red y. Como ejemplo bien conocido de tal aplicacin es
YouTube. Cuando la gente crear y compartir vdeos personales en YouTube,
cualquier persona en cualquier lugar puede verlo. Wesch dice que esto lleva
a algunas personas que sienten una especie de profunda conexin con el
mundo entero. Pero no es una relacin real -no es lo mismo que la conexin
se siente con un miembro de su familia. De hecho, como dice Wesch, que es
una relacin sin ninguna responsabilidad real, que puede desactivar en
cualquier momento. Por lo tanto, tiene sentido hablar de un YouTube
"comunidad"?

wesch mismo experiment el impacto de los medios digitales cuando se


cre y public su propio video corto en YouTube. Se atrajo la atencin
inmediata y ha sido visto millones de veces. En su video nos dice que las
pginas web reciben 100 millones de visitas al da y que un nuevo blog se
inicia cada medio segundo. Nos pide que pensar en el poder de esta
tecnologa y cmo la utilizamos. Qu podramos hacer con ella? Cul es su
potencial?

Wesch no est interesado en lo que los nuevos medios de comunicacin fue


diseada originalmente para sino en la forma en que se puede utilizar de
otras maneras. Por ejemplo, l describe cmo las personas organizan
protestas sociales como la recoleccin de firmas para las peticiones en lnea
a travs de Facebook. Dice que se trata de asegurarse de que sus
estudiantes terminan en el control de la tecnologa, y no viceversa.

Fuera de la universidad, en el mundo real, Wesch cree que es crucial para


que la gente sea capaz de operar en el nuevo entorno de los medios
digitales y la utilizan para el mayor impacto posible. Es la tragedia de
nuestros tiempos que estamos tan conectados no somos capaces de verlo.
Quiero creer que la tecnologa puede ayudarnos a ver las relaciones y las
conexiones globales de nuevas maneras positivas. Es bastante
sorprendente que tengo esta pequea caja sentado en mi escritorio a travs
del cual puedo hablar con nadie de mil millones de personas. Y sin embargo,
hacer cualquiera de nosotros realmente utilizarlo para todo el potencial que
est ah? '
1. La principal preocupacin es ... Michael Wesch
Selecciona uno:
a. entender por qu las conexiones digitales tienen un impacto en nosotros.

segundo. estudiar el impacto de las conexiones digitales en nuestro mundo.


do. conexiones digitales estn cambiando la forma en la forma en que nos
comunicamos.
2. Por qu fue importante la invencin de la imprenta?
Selecciona uno:
a. Debido a que las personas tenan un mayor acceso a la informacin.
segundo. Debido a que era una herramienta poderosa.
do. Debido a que los libros se convirtieron fcil de producir.
3. Cul es el rea principal de Wesch de inters?
Selecciona uno:
a. videos de Internet
segundo. Tecnologa digital
do. Redes Sociales
4. Qu dice acerca de las relaciones Wesch de Internet?
Selecciona uno:
a. l no los entiende.
segundo. El no son como las relaciones reales.
do. Ellos son los mismos que las relaciones familiares.
5. Por qu Wesch sentir el efecto de s mismo los medios digitales?
Selecciona uno:
a. Debido a que l cre su propio video en youtube.
segundo. Debido a que comenz su propio blog despus de su xito en
YouTube.
do. Debido a que su video de youtube se observ una gran cantidad de
veces.

6. Qu dice Wesch sobre los medios digitales?


Selecciona uno:
a. La gente debe encontrar nuevos usos para estas aplicaciones.
segundo. Las redes sociales no tiene ningn propsito til en el mundo real.
do. Conexin a ms y ms gente no tiene ningn valor real.
7. Uno de los objetivos de Wesch con sus alumnos es que ...
Selecciona uno:
a. puede recoger las peticiones en las redes sociales.
segundo. no estn dominadas por la tecnologa.
do. tener relaciones reales en el "mundo real".

8. Wesch cree que las personas deben ser capaces de ...


Selecciona uno:
a. estar conectado a otro nivel mundial.

segundo. manejar los nuevos medios digitales con habilidad.


do. utilizar los medios digitales en todo su potencial.

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