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I would like you to feel free to take the discussion on contemporary art anywhere you choose, consider addressing your responses around the following prompts, and strive to provide some specific responses to the readings/links, as well as examples of contemporary art works to illustrate your claims:

• Comment on how the internet is changing both the creation and reception of art in American society in the form of film, television, music, literature, and visual art. Certainly, the internet provides a different kind of publication and wider audience for many artists, but do you feel it enhances these art forms or dilutes and disperses them too much? Also, how might the internet be considered the next step in truly "democratizing" art? Provide some contemporary art works from any genre as illustrations to your answer where you can.
• Film critic Roger Ebert suggests in his blog that "no one in or out of the field has ever been able to cite a game worthy of comparison with the great filmmakers, novelists and poets." Do you agree or disagree with Ebert's conclusion that "video games can never be art"? Why or why not? Provide specific examples of video games to illustrate your points.
• Muse on the future evolution of art and American society. What do you see as the next technological advancement, trend, controversy, or social issue that will have an impact on artistic expression? What contemporary art works from any genre over the last few years point the way towards this imagined future?