1. CS 408 – Final Project ● The End of Big: How the Internet Makes David the New Goliath ● Nicco Mele ● April, 2013

2. Overview ● Big as in big institutions ● New balance of power ● Radical connectivity: – “Ability to send vast amounts of data instantly, constantly, and globally” ● State of turmoil

3. Journalism ● New methods of delivering news ● Quality of reporting has fallen ● Financial troubles ● Negative effect – Investigative journalism

4. Politics ● Problem of getting funding money for campaigns – Traditionally controlled by the two big parties ● Radical candidates ● Public donations

5. Entertainment ● End of 90s turning point – CD burners, MP3 ● Online distribution – Napster, etc. ● Labels still profitable ● Self publishing ● YouTube, Netflix, Hulu vs TV companies ● “Filter Bubble”, “Digital Feudalism” ● Number of content creators vs distributors

6. Education ● Higher cost vs stagnant income ● Online resources – Khan Academy, MIT's OpenCourseWare ● Networking aspect – LinkedIn, Facebook ● Peer review process ● Crowdsourcing of science – Fact vs misinformation – Losing the experts ● Safeguard our knowledge and the quality of education