Cult of the Amateur Debate
Ana spoke on a round table discussion with author Andrew Keen as part of the Watershed Media Centre's 25 Birthday Celebrations. The event asked, “What does the growth of the web mean for consumption of culture and for organisations like Watershed?” it featured self-proclaimed ‘antichrist of Silicon Valley' Andrew Keen, author 'The Cult of the Amateur - How Today's Internet is Killing Our Culture and Assaulting Our Economy'. Keen, who maintains a blog himself, argues the web is inhabited by second-rate amateurs deluging us with 'everything from uninformed political commentary, to unseemly home videos’ - and that the rise of blogs, wikis, social networking sites and podcasts - are swiftly destroying our culture.