Sep 26 2010
Framing Week 5
1. Lanier believes that some of the ways in which program and use computers today could be updated. How can we do this without changing the foundation that the modern Internet was built on? By changing one feature of programming, how would other features/websites/technologies change?
2. How are mob wisdom and individual wisdom at odds as Lanier suggests? Can the two co-exist? For example, can we retain the power of the individual even with sites like Twitter and Wikipedia?
3. How do media convergence and participatory culture affect the way we view and create media? Jenkins is arguing that they are somehow related to the Star Wars phenomenon in that we are able to create commentary, spoofs and satire relating to the film. How does this cross over into other genres and examples?