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You (Time Person of the Year)
You (Time Person of the Year)
Linux operating system, and other providers, as Person of the Year, personified simply as You.[1]
History
Abstract concepts had been Time’s "great persons" in earlier years. In 2006, Time magazine chose to highlight the rise in the sharing of online content, the importance of the emerging online community and its democratizing effect on global media, and its influence over elections. The cover of the magazine featured an iMac computer monitor with a metallized PET film strip appearing as the window of a YouTube-like web page, intended to reflect as online content the visage of whoever picks up the magazine. Stories on this new dynamic were provided by NBC editor Brian Williams and Time magazine editors Lev Grossman and Richard Stengel. As Grossman describes, "It’s about the many wresting power from the few and helping one another for nothing and how that will not only change the world, but also change the way the world changes."
See also
• Carr-Benkler wager Cover of the December 25, 2006 issue. In 2006 Time magazine chose the millions of anonymous contributors of user-generated content to Wikipedia, YouTube, MySpace, Facebook, Second Life, the GNU/
References
[1] Lev Grossman (13 December 2006). "Time’s Person of the Year: You". Time. http://www.time.com/time/ magazine/article/0,9171,1569514,00.html. Retrieved on 2008-02-14.
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