MakerCulture in the Making

Ryerson and Western Online Journalism students discover the Maker Culture 
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Clay Shirky on Social Media, Newspapers and Accelerants for Maker Culture

 Clay Shirky talks with Laura Flanders on GRITtv about social media and newspapers: "I don't think we can save newspapers. The question is can we save journalism?" Also strong prediction about the death of bookstores in a decade thanks to e-books. 

Key statement for MakerCulture: "We now have a set of tools we can use as an accelerant for positive creation of value by groups of people for themselves and for society."

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