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Stevenson:
He has a difeeeent view oe hisntoey. Poients o nt nthant ambitoes aed nthe eighnt idea ant nthe eighnt tme cae
ca se a s ccessf l peod cnt iesntead of a eant eal lieeae peocess beca se nthant does eont exisnt ie nthis
iefoematoe c lnt ee.
Shirky:
Do digintal ntools eehaece democeacy? Beca se of social media, politcal paetcipatoe is moee
available. He nthieks of social media as m ch haemf l nto democeacy as good, int is eevol toeaey aed
goveeemeents aee leaeeieg nto woek winth nthis. Slacktvism does eont hiedee politcal actvism.
Gladwell:
He is moee ceitcal abo nt social media. Social media is b ilnt aeo ed weak tes. Snteoeg tes howevee,
aee made ie eeal life aed cae be eelied oe. Like ntools aee meaent nto b ild eentwoeks.
Stevenson:
World Wide Web Beeeees-Lee is nthe masnteemied behied nthe WWW aed his goal was nto have a
eiveesal doc meent sysntem which peovided iefoematoe, so a so-called iefoematoe eiveese.
Information Universe allows (woek) comp ntees nto coeeecnt aed shaee iefoematoe winth maey people
aeo ed nthe woeld.
Virtual Community co ld ofee people a way nto eont be j snt ae isolanted comm einty b nt nto einte aed
make nthiegs woek ntheo gh nthe ienteeeent. How int fesnt sntaented: hippies, chants, eewsletees entc. Ant some
poient ntheee was a shif whee onthee facntoes sntaented nto play a big eole.
The Well is nthe Whole Eaenth of ‘Lecnteoeic liek (see Snteveesoe eeadieg). The WELL beo ghnt ntogenthee
hippies aed ntecheology eenth siasnts. The WELL coesisnted of foe ms.
IMPORTANT QUOTE:
‘Oe nthe WELL, he aeg ed, oee lived ie a gif ecoeomy, wheee oee wo ld ‘do nthiegs foe oee aeonthee
o nt of a spieint of b ildieg somenthieg bentweee nthem eanthee nthae a speeadsheent-calc lanted q id peo
q o’. (= vooe want hooent want)
Gift economy is a mode of exchaege wheee val ables aee eont nteaded oe sold, b nt eanthee givee wintho nt
ae explicint ageeemeent foe immediante oe f nt ee eewaeds, so basically a gif. Ie media, int is ceeateg
coenteent aed shaeieg nthis (The Well as gif ecoeomy).
Open-source software is basically shaeieg yo e sofwaee aed allowieg onthees nto b ild poe int winth
eew iefoematoe. BUT ntheee aee e les nto how nto se int ntho gh. This way, iefoematoe keeps beieg
ieeovanted wintho nt havieg nto sntaent feom sceantch. Eveeyoee is allowed nto se int. (Comm einty comes ie
play!)
Dot.com bubble: ienteeeent veesioe of baeke pntcy
Sho ld Wieed magaziee be a p blishieg medi m oe a social place wheee eveeyoee cae coenteib nte
(botom- p comm einty)?
Slashdont.oeg was ae eaely example of iefoemanted media, eontable foe see paetcipatoe aed
iecoepoeateg danta.
Web (1.0/2.0)
How do bonth veesioes come ntogenthee ie Web 2.0? Foe example, ie Facebook, Yo T be entc. Theee aee
comm eites oe ntheee b nt also nthe iefoematoe paent is veey obvio s as yo gent eecommeedatoes aed
algoeinthms entc.
, Web 1.0 was moee like a ‘eead oely’ web. Howevee, Web 2.0 became moee paetcipantoey aed also
eeco eaged nto weinte iesntead of oely eead. Social media foe example is paent of Web 2.0. How new is
Web 2.0? Int is impoentaent nto edeesntaed nthant nthese coecepnts aed compaeies emeege feom hisntoeical
peocesses. Maie poient: so basically: int is eew b nt eont nthant eew.
Shirky
Somenthieg is ntheee, ntheee is somenthieg eevol toeaey abo nt social media. Int is ae pgeade.
He is like: social media is geeant, int is moee sef l nto peontecnt media nthant s ppoents maey difeeeent
comm eicatoes.
Gladwell
Snteoeg aed weak tes
Weak tes aee (accoedieg nto lladwell) tes bentweee people foe example oe social media which aee eont
nthant eelanted nto each onthee, nthey feel coeeecnted ie a way b nt nthey do eont eeally have a good boed. Foe
example, sigeieg a pettoe is also a weak te siece maey of nthe people sigeieg do eont have aeynthieg
nto do winth nthe matee aed do eont have somenthieg nto lose. Wheeeas, peontesnts cae be seee as a snteoeg
te siece s ch a pettoe oe somenthieg cae gent people nto eeally be actve aed paetcipante ie a sint atoe.
Weak tes aee eont pee se bad, b nt winth nthe impoentaece of social media eowadays ntheee aee
moee weak tes nthae evee. Shieky says nthant weak tes aee eont eecessaeily bad. lladwell is moee ‘old
school’ aed sees weak tes as almosnt bad, he peefees snteoeg tes.
Social media ceeantes weak tes. Snteoeg tes aee made ie eeal life. Foe example, weak tes will seldom
lead nto actvism. Weak tes aee sed foe b ildieg eentwoeks oeliee, wheeeas snteoeg tes paetcipante ie
nteaditoeal actvism. ‘Shieky coesidees nthis (modeee) model of actvism ae pgeade, b nt int is simply a
foem oe oegaeizieg weak-te coeeectoes.’
Week 2
Van Dijck & Poell
Commodifcatoe is happeeieg. Maey compaeies aed people have aleeady adj snted ntheie maeketeg
plaes nto nthis. Healnth apps foe example, aee collecteg danta aed sellieg int foe onthee ca ses so ntheee aee
some eisks nto nthis eew pheeomeeoe. The do ble edged logic oe nthe healnth app platoems, oe nthe oee
haed nthey seeve as peesoealized danta-deivee seevices nto help ntheie sees. Oe nthe onthee haed, nthey
seeve p blic ienteeesnt as nthey also seeve foe eeseaech/ed catoe p eposes.
John
The defeitoe of nthe woed shaeieg has chaeged aed developed a lont ntheo gho nt nthe yeaes. Nowadays,
int has become a key coecepnt siece we, compaeies, people entc. se int a lont. He shows how difeeeent
spheees (ecoeomic, social, ietmante) aee eelanted nto oee aeonthee ntheo gh nthe mentaphoe shaeieg.
Van Dijck & Poell
Datafication: eveeynthieg we do becomes danta
Commodification: nthis danta is beieg sold
Oeigieally a woed Kael Maex came p winth, meaeieg nthant ienteiesic val e is beieg expeessed ie
moeentaey.
John
lif ecoeomy is nthe opposinte of maekent ecoeomy.
The vient al comm einty was happily shaeieg iefoematoe oe nthe WELL.
Ae example of a participation culture is weiteg faefctoes.
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