Group items tagged phenomena - Digital Ethnography at Kansas State University

shared by Mike Wesch on 02 Jan 09 - Cached

Anonymous - (used as a mass noun) is a label and Internet meme adopted within Internet culture to represent the actions of many online community users acting anonymously usually toward a loosely agreed-upon goal. It is generally considered as a blanket term – not tied to any monolithic group – for the vox populi or members of the Internet culture
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2channel — A Japanese Internet forum (the largest in the world). The site has significant influence on Japanese culture and popular opinion.[100] 4chan — The English equivalent to Futaba Channel, responsible for creating many popular Internet memes.[101]
- Mike Wesch on 02 Jan 09
  
  We may want a comparison ethnography of 2channel if anybody is up for it.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">We may want a comparison ethnography of 2channel if anybody is up for it.</div>
  
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shared by Hunter Gilson on 08 Mar 11 - No Cached

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shared by Mike Wesch on 23 Jan 09 - Cached

I'm pretty sure the "Chocolate Rain" attention started as a joke at 4chan.org, an image board that is credited with starting lots of popular internet phenomena. It spread to a general audience and people started uploading spoofs. I don't know what causes people to listen to my music. If I could speak it, there would be no reason to write songs.
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shared by Jessica Rittenhouse on 09 Feb 09 - Cached

shared by Mike Wesch on 02 Jan 09 - Cached

shared by Jesse Walker on 15 Feb 11 - No Cached

Colonialism brought the print and electronic media which become another form of communication hitherto unused in African Societ
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role of the media in Africa is something that to date has not yet been clearly ascertained.
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First, African media systems are very small urban phenomena.
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Second, when it comes to the print media it is only those who can read and write and have the purchasing power who have access to the limited titles available
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Third, African media systems are so undercapitalised that existence is precarious and the mortality of newspapers and magazines is very high. This is compounded by poor management and poor distribution systems. The transport networks are so underde
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In terms of content, most programming is cheap and old programmes from Europe, North America and Australia.
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perhaps the media in Africa is used more for its entertainment value than its ability to inform or teach people how to improve their living standards
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shared by ingvia on 12 Jul 24 - No Cached

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