Hindman picks apart political freedom on the internet. Is our society really democratic now that people can say whatever they want or are people more controlled by the internet by unclear gatekeepers? What’s funny is that politicians saw only the good…
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I was Time Magazine’s Person of the Year? Where’s My Prize?!
by Ryan • • 10 Comments
In 2006, Time Magazine named me “Person of the Year”. It’s true. Google it. They named you, too. Had I realized that I was so important, I would’ve let you all know long ago. I am a filmmaker. I am…
How full of myself am I?
by Mariana • • 3 Comments
Schaefer’s article only reiterated a lot of things I have already discovered on my own about a lot of companies now and how they put their users to work for them, without pay or credit to improve their software. Thank…
Digital Participation: How Important is it in Society?
by chayden • • 0 Comments
With the advent of the internet, many began seeing the vast potential for people to become more connected within society in a variety of ways. Both authors Schaeffer and Hindman discuss the idea of participation within the context of new…
Proposal: Using New Media in the Classroom
by Ryan • • 0 Comments
Using new media in the classroom presents new challenges for educators and students alike. Educators must: 1. Contend with the availability of the new media to their student demographic (do the students have access to computers and the internet, or…
The Demise of Public Education?
by Mike • • 1 Comment
It is increasingly difficult to keep up with technological advances; let alone advances in new digital media (NDM). Having to constantly stay knowledgeable of the latest NDM means that people without access to computer technology, let alone the training to…
Hindman, Chapter 1. The Internet and the “Democratization” of Politics
by Jeong Kinser • • 0 Comments
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…
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…