Framing Questions (Week 3)

In regards to the Wealth of Networks reading, I had the following questions:

1. I keep thinking of the Bing.com commercials in which people are spouting off random facts and creating a cacophony of information overload. Is it possible that with everyone having a public voice there is indeed too much information being shared and most is getting lost in the crowd? Is the Babel objection actually a reality?

2. It was interesting to read about the history of music as an informational good. It was mentioned that in the nineteenth century music was a relational good. “It was something people did in the physical presence of each other.” The advent of recording technologies transformed music into a more profitable good that was easier to package and copyright. However, now is it possible that we are slowly moving back towards a world in which music is once again, a thing of the people? The collapse of the record companies and bands connecting directly with fans through live performances and online seem like they both are signs of a new age.

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