“When I was 11, I moved to the United States with my two brothers and my mom. We moved to northern New York, up near the Canadian border, from Argentina, and there was nobody there that spoke Spanish, and because there was no internet at the time, not even cable TV yet, I lost the connection with my childhood friends and the culture I had been brought up with for my first decade completely.” FirstsTwoStatesCultureLostUnitedUnited StatesChildhoodNew YorkBrotherTvsMomInternetConnectionsMovedMy MomDecadesBordersSpokesCablesArgentinaTwo BrothersCable TvChildhood Friend Author:Viggo Mortensen
“With the Internet and social media being a huge part of today's culture, I think it's super important to promote staying smart online.” ThinkingImportantTodayCultureSocialMediaHugeInternetSmartSocial MediaStayingOnline Author:G. Hannelius
“Music belongs to everybody. Having a little clique of the industry tell us what our culture is... I don't think that's healthy. And the Internet is helping us get away from that.” ThinkingLittlesHelpingCultureIndustryInternetHealthyMusic IsGet AwayClique Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“More and more we're negating the validity of first-hand experience of people from other countries and other cultures... whether it's on TV, the Internet, mobile phones or whatever - the world system we live in so values second-hand information.” PeopleWorldFirstsCountryHandsValuesCultureInformationTvsInternetPhonesOther CountriesMobileValidityOther CulturesMobile PhonesSecond HandFirst Hand Experience Author:Nitin Sawhney
“What is pronounced these days is staying on the Internet for hours. It's really about distraction. We are living in such an over stimulated culture. There's a nervous energy of always having to be focused out there. People have a hard time just being happy, settled, and content. We're not taught how to just be by ourselves, be present. We always want to change the channel in our minds because we don't like what's going on. It's uncomfortable.” PeopleWantMindHardCultureEnergyHoursTaughtInternetFocusedNervousThese DaysUncomfortableHard TimesStayingDistractionJust Being Author:Geneen Roth
“Writing, printing, and the Internet give a false sense of security about the permanence of culture.” GivingWritingCultureSecurityInternetPrintingPermanenceFalse Sense Of Security Book:Dark Age Ahead Source: Dark Age Ahead
“The quintessential exercise of free speech in a culture supposedly built on that concept and dedicated to it, the Internet's development is as historically important to humanity perhaps even more so as Gutenberg 's invention of the printing press.” ImportantHumanityCultureDevelopmentInternetExerciseSpeechConceptsBuiltPressesInventionDedicatedFree SpeechPrintingPrinting PressQuintessentialGutenberg Author:L. Neil Smith
“In the '80s, I was the only game in town, I was the only one getting that kind of exposure in any rotation on MTV. Now with internet culture it seems like everyone is doing music parodies. And they're not all good!” KindSeemsCultureGamesInternetTowns80sExposureParodyMtvRotationInternet Culture Author:Al Yankovic
“The Internet, too, has strong attributes of a public good, and has undermined the “private good” attributes of old media. Internet service providers obviously can exclude people, but the actual content -the values, the ideas- can be shared with no loss of value for the consumer. It is also extremely inexpensive and easy to share material. Sharing is built into the culture and practices of the Web and has made it difficult for the subscription model to be effective.” PeopleMadeIdeasValuesCultureStrongEasyDifficultLossPracticeShareMediaMaterialsInternetModelsBuiltMade ItConsumersAttributesProvidersPublic GoodInexpensiveSubscriptionService Providers Author:Robert Waterman McChesney
“Participating in the newest communications technologies becomes compulsory if you want to remain part of the culture.” IfsWantCultureTechnologyCommunicationInternetFree SpeechParticipatingCompulsoryCommunication Technology Author:David Porush
“Our culture is at a critical cusp - a time that requires that we define what it means to be a citizen in a democracy. Within our nation we need to foster a greater sense of collective responsibility.” NeedsMeanCultureNationsResponsibilityDemocracyGreaterInternetCitizensCriticalCollectivesFree SpeechCuspCollective Responsibility Author:Robert Neelly Bellah