Confessions of an Aca/Fan: Critical Information Studies For a Participatory Culture (Pa... - 0 views
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shared by David Toews on 10 Apr 09
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we need to look at both agency and structure and so we need to end the theoretical conflict in favor of identifying shared goals
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we need to develop strategies for decreasing the role of ignorance and fear in public debates about new media
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The participation gap refers to these other social, cultural, and educational concerns which block full participation.
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he new "hidden curriculum" is shaping who feels empowered and entitled to participate
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the model of expressive citizenship suggested by the MacArthur Foundation's emphasis on New Media Literacies
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we need
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While schools and libraries may represent the best sites for overcoming the participation gap, they are often the most limited in their ability to access some of the key platforms -- from Flickr and YouTube to Ning and Wikipedia-- where these new cultural practices are emerging.
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We need to continue to push for alternative platforms and practices which embrace and explore the potential of collective intelligence
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As John McMurria has noted, the most visible content of many media-sharing sites tends to come from members of dominant groups
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danah boyd and S. Craig Watkins are arguing that social networks act like gated communities, cementing existing social ties rather than broadening them
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social divisions in the real world are being mapped onto cyberspace, reinforcing cultural segregation along class and race lines
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the segregation of cyberspace may be difficult to overcome
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While corporations are asserting a "crisis of copyright", seeking to police "digital "piracy," citizen groups are seeking to combat a "crisis of fair use" as the mechanisms of corporate copyright protection erode the ability of citizens to meaningfully quote from their culture.
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the debates over "free labor" represent the most visible part of a larger effort of consumers and citizens to reassert some of their rights in the face of web 2.0 companies
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In his recent book, Dream:Re-Imagining Progressive Politics in an Age of Fantasy, Stephen Duncombe makes the case for a new model of social change which is playful and utopian, channels what we know as consumers as well as what we know as citizens, and embraces a more widely accessible language for discussing public policy.
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there is a need for critical theory which asks hard questions of emerging cultural practices
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There is also a need for critical utopianism which explores the value of emerging models and proposes alternatives to current practices.
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What follows might be described as a partial agenda for media reform from the perspective of participatory culture, one which looks at those factors which block the full achievement of my ideals of a more participatory society.
