I was somehow dumbfounded after I read this chapter Myth of Digital Democracy; it had set straight my naïve understanding about political discourse in the digital age. Or an element of reality of it at least woke me up. I…
Monthly Archives: October 2009
Just because people are speaking doesn’t mean they’ll be heard
by Alex Janney • • 0 Comments
I liked how Hindman points out that there is a distinction between speaking and being heard. I think that just because more people may be blogging about politics, that doesn’t necessarily mean that others are listening. If people are listening,…
Seiter: A Pessimistic, Yet Realistic Essay Regarding Technology
by chayden • • 1 Comment
Although I would agree with Seiter that economic disparities will greatly diminish a student’s ability to become proficient with technology, I am not certain that remedying that specific category will really provide the solution for which we are searching. She…
Precautious Participation
by kmontero • • 0 Comments
Mirko Sahefer’s account Participation Inside? provides useful insights into the world of user participation in the web, specifically social interaction and content sharing. As a result of the dominant presence of media and internet, the definition of participation has evolved…
He Who Has the Most Time Wins
by rhetdezigner • • 0 Comments
Although argued that technological access should be free and available to all, a newer round of hype concerning the economic distancing of upper and lower classes in society involves computer literacy. Ellen Seiter’s “Practicing at Home: Computers, Pianos, and Cultural…
Selber, Ch 3. Cultural Literacy
by Jeong Kinser • • 2 Comments
This chapter reading helped me understand the fact that writing and communication that are quite related to computer literacy programs to develop valuable and professionally accountable pedagogy. In this chapter 3, Critical literacy, Selber describes computers as cultural artifacts and…
Participation, Compensation, and Conciliation: A Mash-Up Dilemma
by Anne Engert • • 0 Comments
Mirko Schafer’s “Participation Inside” brings up some intriguing issues relating to web 2.0. In the section devoted to discussing the increasing presence of user-driven activities tied to proprietary platforms, Schafer focuses on the Star Wars fan community and its creations…
The Facebook Era: Clara Shih
by Jeong Kinser • • 0 Comments
From the Association for Computing Machinery, Clara Shih presents, The Facebook Era http://fora.tv/2009/08/19/The_Facebook_Era_Clara_Shih
Viral Video
by Kim De Vries • • 0 Comments
When people talk about viral videos, memes, and such, they mean videos or more generally ideas that spread (especially online) as if they have a life of their own. This video by Anthropology professor Mike Wesch was originally put online…
Snack Wrangling
by Jeong Kinser • • 0 Comments
December 3rd, I will bring snacks as well: fruit. -Jeong