Are we as globalized and interconnected as we think we are? Ethan Zuckerman, director of the MIT Center for Civic Media and author of the new book, Rewire: Digital Cosmopolitans in the Age of Connection, argues that America was likely more globalized before World War I than it is today. Zuckerman discusses how we’re more focused on what’s going on in our own backyards; how this affects creativity; the role the Internet plays in making us less connected with the rest of the world; and, how we can broaden our information universe to consume a more healthy “media diet.”
Related Links
- Rewire: Digital Cosmopolitans in the Age of Connection, Zuckerman
- What Ethan Zuckerman’s Rewire tells us about the internet changing our lives, Morrison
- Rewire: Rethinking Globalization in an Age of Connection Zuckerman
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