User-generated neologism: "Indigenous content" (Clay Shirky)- August 3, 2007 My class in the fall is called &8220;User-generated&8221;, and it looks, among other things, at the tension surrounding that phrase, and in particular its existence as an external and anxiety-ridden label, by traditional media companies, for the way that advertising can be put next to material not created by Trained Professionals. All right-thinking individuals (by which I basically mean Anil Dash and Heather Champ) hate that phrase. Now my friend Kio Stark has come up with what seems like a...http://many.corante.com/archives/2007/08/03/usergenerated_neologism_indigenous_content.php history of social network sites (a work-in-progress) (danah boyd)- August 2, 2007 As many of you know, Nicole Ellison and I are guest editing a special issue of JCMC. As a part of this issue, we are writing an introduction that will include a description of social network sites, a brief history of them, a literature review, a description of the works in this issue, and a discussion of future research. We have decided to put a draft of our history section up to solicit feedback from those of you who know this space well. It is a work-in-progress so please bear with us. ...http://many.corante.com/archives/2007/08/02/history_of_social_network_sites_a_workinprogre... New Freedom Destroys Old Culture: A response to Nick Carr (Clay Shirky)- August 1, 2007 I have never understood Nick Carr&8217;s objections to the cultural effects of the internet. He&8217;s much too smart to lump in with nay-sayers like Keen, and when he talks about the effects of the net on business, he sounds more optimistic, even factoring in the wrenching transition, so why aren&8217;t the cultural effects similar cause for optimism, even accepting the wrenching transition in those domains as well I think I finally got understood the dichotomy between his reading of business.http://many.corante.com/archives/2007/08/01/new_freedom_destroys_old_culture_a_response_to... |