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'''Summary of key points raised in the texts:'''<br> | '''Summary of key points raised in the texts:'''<br> | ||
'''Henry Jenkins''' - '''''Fans, Gamers and Bloggers'''''<br> | <span style="color:red">'''Henry Jenkins''' - '''''Fans, Gamers and Bloggers'''''<br> | ||
''NYU Press, Sept. 2006''<br> | ''NYU Press, Sept. 2006''</span><br> | ||
(see also: [http://pzwart3.wdka.hro.nl/wiki/User:Lieven_Van_Speybroeck/Reading/Theory/Jenkins_Fans,_Bloggers_and_Gamers here]) | (see also: [http://pzwart3.wdka.hro.nl/wiki/User:Lieven_Van_Speybroeck/Reading/Theory/Jenkins_Fans,_Bloggers_and_Gamers here]) | ||
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''Once a column appears, the writer's authorial control ends and theirs begins''<br><br> | ''Once a column appears, the writer's authorial control ends and theirs begins''<br><br> | ||
'''Andrew Keen''' - '''''The Cult of the Amateur'''''<br> | <span style="color:red">'''Andrew Keen''' - '''''The Cult of the Amateur'''''<br> | ||
''Crown Business, Jun. 2004''<br> | ''Crown Business, Jun. 2004''</span><br> | ||
(see also: [http://pzwart3.wdka.hro.nl/wiki/User:Lieven_Van_Speybroeck/Reading/Theory/Keen_the_cult_of_the_amateur here]) | (see also: [http://pzwart3.wdka.hro.nl/wiki/User:Lieven_Van_Speybroeck/Reading/Theory/Keen_the_cult_of_the_amateur here]) | ||
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* Lack of media literacy: unable to distinguish the good from the bad<br><br> | * Lack of media literacy: unable to distinguish the good from the bad<br><br> | ||
'''Eric S. Raymond''' - '''''The New Hacker's Dictionary'''''<br> | <span style="color:red">'''Eric S. Raymond''' - '''''The New Hacker's Dictionary'''''<br> | ||
''The MIT Press, Oct. 1996'' | ''The MIT Press, Oct. 1996''</span> | ||
* User: using the computer as a means rather than an end, someone who pays to use it | * User: using the computer as a means rather than an end, someone who pays to use it | ||
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* Hacker: using the software from the inside<br><br> | * Hacker: using the software from the inside<br><br> | ||
'''Lev Grossman''' - '''''Person of the Year 2006: You.'''''<br> | <span style="color:red">'''Lev Grossman''' - '''''Person of the Year 2006: You.'''''<br> | ||
''Time Magazine, Dec. 2006'' | ''Time Magazine, Dec. 2006''</span> | ||
* Web 2.0: | * Web 2.0: | ||
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::- local knowledge used to be mouth-to-mouth, now it has a broadcast channel<br><br> | ::- local knowledge used to be mouth-to-mouth, now it has a broadcast channel<br><br> | ||
'''Mirko Schaefer''' - '''''Made by Users'''''<br> | <span style="color:red">'''Mirko Schaefer''' - '''''Made by Users'''''<br> | ||
''Mar. 2004'' | ''Mar. 2004''</span> | ||
* Collaborative work of users leads to innovation | * Collaborative work of users leads to innovation | ||
Revision as of 15:38, 17 November 2010
Moderators:
Mirjam Dissel
Lieven Van Speybroeck
Keywords
- Users as developers
- Wisdom of the crowd vs skill/knowledge of experts
- (Old) mainstream media vs (new) democratized media
- Classification of users
- Corporate responses to further user-development/hacking/modifying/... of their products
Summary of key points raised in the texts:
Henry Jenkins - Fans, Gamers and Bloggers
NYU Press, Sept. 2006
(see also: here)
- Originally (2001) misperceived due to unfortunate editorial changes
- Bloggers as minutemen of the digital revolution
- 2 kinds of media-power:
- media concentration: "corporate" broadcasting
- Grassroots media: user-driven
- -> evolution of media is shaped through the interactions between both
Once a column appears, the writer's authorial control ends and theirs begins
Andrew Keen - The Cult of the Amateur
Crown Business, Jun. 2004
(see also: here)
- Digital T.H. Huxley:
- web 2.0: infinite monkeys providing infinite information for infinite readers, perpetuating the cycle of misinformation and ignorance.
- Web 2.0: one long commercial break
- Mainstream ("trustworthy) media vs democratized (flattened) media
- Gatekeepers/experts (middlemen) vs wisdom of the crowd
- -> loss of intermediaries (<-> opposite viewpoint on new media then Jenkins': creation of intermediary media
- -> internet as a mirror: narcissistic approach to information
- -> extinction of old media
- Gatekeepers/experts (middlemen) vs wisdom of the crowd
- Lack of media literacy: unable to distinguish the good from the bad
Eric S. Raymond - The New Hacker's Dictionary
The MIT Press, Oct. 1996
- User: using the computer as a means rather than an end, someone who pays to use it
- See: Real User: programmers that don't think twice before contacting the maintainer
- Luser: using the computer (software) from the outside, without getting into the internals of the program.
- User-friendly: programmer-hostile
- Hacker: using the software from the inside
Lev Grossman - Person of the Year 2006: You.
Time Magazine, Dec. 2006
- Web 2.0:
- - threatening when you believe that an excess of democracy is the road to anarchy
- - harnesses both the stupidity as wisdom of crowds
- - Impact on (blogging) traditional journalism & (wikipedia ) traditional encyclopedic research:
- - most web 2.0 is not challenging the authority of a traditional expert (<-> Keen). It's a working zone where there are no experts, or the users themselves are experts.
- - local knowledge used to be mouth-to-mouth, now it has a broadcast channel
Mirko Schaefer - Made by Users
Mar. 2004
- Collaborative work of users leads to innovation
- User-driven networks: new communication systems
- Computer technology -> space for cultural production/reception and a platform for cultural discourse:
- - ~ Jenkins on blogging: once a product gets released by a company, a new stage of further development through it's users begins
- -> Cultural freedom
- Collective intelligence (wisdom of the crowd) can be much more productive and innovative than a company's research and development department (<-> Keen)
- Copyright issues: digital distribution = reproduction
Discussion notes and afterthoughts
- will be added asap.