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Do the following

  1. Read the transcript, listen to audio, or watch streaming video of Andrew Keen's (author of "The Cult of the Amateur") interview on PBS's News Hour.
  2. Watch this interview with Andrew Keen on Stephen Colbert's show.
  3. Read Lawrence Lessig's Commentary on Andrew Keen's book (including the extended commentary).
  4. Watch this video from the Ze Frank show.
  5. Watch my video A Brief History of the Video Blog, which I did for the Association for Internet Researcher's Meeting in 2007.
  6. Go to this famous youtube channel, and review at least one video.
  7. Create a blog post on your views on web-enabled, user-generated, amateur content.
    1. Include your views on the impact on society and culture, including references to some of the media (text/audio/video) you reviewed for the assigninment.
    2. Include examples of your experience with user-generated content,  including links to the content.

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