information: convergence and participation

who, what, when, where, how...

Tuesday, January 21, 14

agenda

• twitter and blogs

• things to read/listen to/watch before class

• information’s histories

• present day notions (in digital wraps)

• Jenkins

• social media predictions

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history of information

• what do we know so far?

• always feel like it is “too much”

• blinders to new inventions effects

• circulation (how, who, when...)

• social (process)

Tuesday, January 21, 14

new technologies:promise and panic

Tuesday, January 21, 14

information“superhighway”?how, who, when...

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information NOW

• “wrapped” in digital lives, technologies, protocols

• TMI...is it?

• Do we have an “information overload” problem?

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Jenkins: media today

convergenceparticipatory culture

black box fallacy

Tuesday, January 21, 14

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFCLKa0XRlw

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3 groupswhat does it meanwhy does it matter

how is it different from the pastEXAMPLES

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