The History of new media

253W - Week 3

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1. THE HISTORY OF NEW MEDIA SFU CMNS 253 - Alberto Lusoli. September 28th 2015
2. 01 253 Weekly writing assignments
3. 01 253 II Assignment: instructions: • Find a journalist, blogger, etc. who writes about new media (list + mail to me) • Identify 4 articles on a specific topic (Pick something you are interested in: it will the the basis for assignment 3!) • Describe how the new media is described as new.
4. 4 Alberto Lusoli Attention Participation Network Awareness Collaboration Critical Consumpion ?
5. 5 Alberto Lusoli D103 Attention Web 1.0. Collection and distribution of information from big corporations Longer articles Traditional websites Non-portable Web 2.0 Information coming from all members of society Shorter attention span Articles condense important details in the beginning Web app Portable
6. 6 Alberto Lusoli D103 Participation Web 2.0 Easier to participate Increasing reliance on the Internet for information Increased ability to verify information Web 2.0 = interactive Model Web 1.0 = hypodermic needle
7. 7 Alberto Lusoli D103 Collaboration Web 2.0: Easier to reach a wider audience Possibility to interact with more people (e.g. Skype, MSN) Easier to communicate worldwide (85% world pop. has mobile) Fax, e-mail = less personal Petitioning Problems: False/biased info Personal/public sphere Ashley Madison hacking
8. 8 Alberto Lusoli D103 Network Awareness Web 1.0 Not as many sources More reliable Only see original contents, not opinions Specialized people only Web 2.0 Online personalities More chances of false info No “author” anymore More freedom Limited propensity towards learning. “Google it!” It thinks for us Shallow knowledge (Wikipedia criticism)
9. 9 Alberto Lusoli D103 Critical Consumption Web 1.0 Only professional and legitimate publishers Fewer options: easies to define what is real Few > many Knowledgeable > masses Web 2.0 Anyone can post anything Posts become opinions rather than facts Mass > Mass Information overload More entertainment than knowledge
10. 10 Alberto Lusoli D107 Attention Web 2.0: Difficult to pay attention because high information volume A good exercise for training attention Content more accessible and less detailed Corporate interests are better able to capture attention Social contacts more compelling than content itself
11. 11 Alberto Lusoli D107 Participation Web 2.0: User focused technologies (FB, blog, Podcasts, Twitter, etc.) Convergence: possibility to access contents from mobile No gatekeepers Reduction digital divide More power to publishers Less power to users (more difficult to be heard)
12. 12 Alberto Lusoli D107 Collaboration Pros: Faster/more efficient Access to information Easier to spread & support a cause Group sharing made easy Hashtags! Programmers collaborating to create new technologies Cons: Information overload Action taken is lacking Lack of understanding (ALS Ice Bucket Challenge) People collaborate more but for less relevant issues
13. 13 Alberto Lusoli D107 Critical Consumption Web 2.0 Lot of information spread in many places People free to decide what to believe or not More info > Broader perspectives Learn to become more skeptical
14. 14 Alberto Lusoli D108 Attention Easier to stay in touch with others People can follow more stories at the same time Constant attention. In Web1.0 internet was a separate activity
15. 15 Alberto Lusoli D108 Participation Web1.0 Biased to the side of big corps, government and influencers Web2.0 Reduction digital divide Profit through UGC (and new possibilities of monetization for viewers too)
16. 16 Alberto Lusoli D108 Collaboration Web1.0 No collaboration Technically complex Simply consume contents Web2.0 Sites based on UGC Ease of access
17. 17 Alberto Lusoli D108 Network Awareness Web1.0 Content consumption Fewer people to interact with Web2.0 Possibility to produce contents autonomously People can start new businesses
18. 18 Alberto Lusoli D108 Critical Consumption Web2.0 Difficult to sift through UGC We are more equipped to evaluate contents’credibility Citizen-journalism and grassroots journalism More international Opinion sharing: sometimes annoying, but somehow useful
19. 19 Alberto Lusoli Social shaping of technology Users attributions One structure > several functionalities Broad approximation, but a good starting point Any example? 25c coin. The Internet The bike
20. 20 Alberto Lusoli Social shaping of technology
21. 21 Alberto Lusoli Social shaping of technology
22. 22 Alberto Lusoli Social shaping of technology Pick what you believe it’s the most representative company associated with your Literacy and read its story. What was the role of users? What was the role of the entrepreneurs? Technological determinism or social shaping? WRITE YOUR NAME ON THE ASSIGNMENT Today’s exercise
23. See you next week alusoli@sfu.ca Twitter.com/albertolusoli For informal conversations: #CMNS253 Office hour: Monday, 17.30-198.30, HC2156 THANKS,