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Kao epizoda Black mirror-a: kako je internet postao kapitalistiÄka pustopaklina
This paper represents a largely autoethnographic account of how the World
Wide Web has changed overthe last, roughly, ten years, from the perspective
of a digital native who also happens to be an anthropologist. It is a kind of
freeze frame of the current state of affairs online that aims to point out
how the revolutionary dream of Web 2.0 was hijacked for corporate profit
through the monetization of user data. It considers concerns about privacy
and surveillance as well as some of the bodily aspects of the relationship
between humans and technology, and ultimately offers some suggestions
for a way out of our current predicament.Ovaj rad predstavlja mahom autoetnografski prikaz promena kroz koje je
World Wide Web proĹĄao u poslednjih, ugrubo, deset godina, iz perspe-
ctive digitalne domorotkinje koja je igrom sluÄaja i antropoloĹĄkinja. On je zamrznuti iseÄak trenutnog stanja stvari online koji za cilj ima da ukase
na to kako je revolucionarni san Web-a 2.0 kooptiran zarad korporativnog
profita kroz monetizaciju korisniÄkih podataka. U radu se razmatraju pro-
blem privatnosti i nadzora, kao i neki telesni aspekti odnosa izmeÄu ljudi i
tehnologije. Na koncu, rad nudi neke predloge za izlazak iz situacije u kojoj
smo se naĹĄli
Geoweb 2.0 for Participatory Urban Design: Affordances and Critical Success Factors
In this paper, we discuss the affordances of open-source Geoweb 2.0 platforms
to support the participatory design of urban projects in real-world
practices.We first introduce the two open-source platforms used in our study
for testing purposes. Then, based on evidence from five different field studies
we identify five affordances of these platforms: conversations on alternative
urban projects, citizen consultation, design empowerment, design studio
learning and design research. We elaborate on these in detail and identify a
key set of success factors for the facilitation of better practices in the
future
The Karl Marx Problem in Contemporary New Media Economy: A Critique of Christian Fuchsâ Account
This article focuses on five flaws of Christian Fuchsâ approach of Web 2.0 economy.
Here, Fuchsâ views on immaterial production, productivity of labor, commodification
of usersâ data, underestimation of financial aspects of digital economy, and the violation
of Marxâs laws of value production, rate of exploitation, fall tendency of profit rate,
and overproduction crisis are put into question. This article defends the thesis Fuchs
fails to apply Marxian political economy to the contemporary phenomena of Web 2.0
economy. It is possible to avoid Fuchsâ errors, and another approach is possible to
remake Marxism relevant for an analysis of the new media econom
Science 3.0: Corrections to the Science 2.0 paradigm
The concept of Science 2.0 was introduced almost a decade ago to describe the
new generation of online-based tools for researchers allowing easier data
sharing, collaboration and publishing. Although technically sound, the concept
still does not work as expected. Here we provide a systematic line of arguments
to modify the concept of Science 2.0, making it more consistent with the spirit
and traditions of science and Internet. Our first correction to the Science 2.0
paradigm concerns the open-access publication models charging fees to the
authors. As discussed elsewhere, we show that the monopoly of such publishing
models increases biases and inequalities in the representation of scientific
ideas based on the author's income. Our second correction concerns
post-publication comments online, which are all essentially non-anonymous in
the current Science 2.0 paradigm. We conclude that scientific post-publication
discussions require special anonymization systems. We further analyze the
reasons of the failure of the current post-publication peer-review models and
suggest what needs to be changed in Science 3.0 to convert Internet into a
large journal club.Comment: 7 figure
Stigmergy in Web 2.0: a model for site dynamics
Building Web 2.0 sites does not necessarily ensure the success of the site. We aim to better understand what improves the success of a site by drawing insight from biologically inspired design patterns. Web 2.0 sites provide a mechanism for human interaction enabling powerful intercommunication between massive volumes of users. Early Web 2.0 site providers that were previously dominant are being succeeded by newer sites providing innovative social interaction mechanisms. Understanding what site traits contribute to this success drives research into Web sites mechanics using models to describe the associated social networking behaviour. Some of these models attempt to show how the volume of users provides a self-organising and self-contextualisation of content. One model describing coordinated environments is called stigmergy, a term originally describing coordinated insect behavior. This paper explores how exploiting stigmergy can provide a valuable mechanism for identifying and analysing online user behavior specifically when considering that user freedom of choice is restricted by the provided web site functionality. This will aid our building better collaborative Web sites improving the collaborative processes
If you build it, will they come? How researchers perceive and use web 2.0
Over the past 15 years, the web has transformed the way we seek and use
information. In the last 5 years in particular a set of innovative techniques â
collectively termed âweb 2.0â â have enabled people to become producers as
well as consumers of information.
It has been suggested that these relatively easy-to-use tools, and the behaviours which
underpin their use, have enormous potential for scholarly researchers, enabling them to
communicate their research and its findings more rapidly, broadly and effectively than
ever before.
This report is based on a study commissioned by the Research Information Network to
investigate whether such aspirations are being realised. It seeks to improve our currently
limited understanding of whether, and if so how, researchers are making use of various
web 2.0 tools in the course of their work, the factors that encourage or inhibit adoption,
and researchersâ attitudes towards web 2.0 and other forms of communication.
Context:
How researchers communicate their work and their findings varies in different subjects
or disciplines, and in different institutional settings. Such differences have a strong
influence on how researchers approach the adoption â or not â of new information and
communications technologies. It is also important to stress that âweb 2.0â encompasses
a wide range of interactions between technologies and social practices which allow web
users to generate, repurpose and share content with each other. We focus in this study on
a range of generic tools â wikis, blogs and some social networking systems â as well as
those designed specifically by and for people within the scholarly community.
Method:
Our study was designed not only to capture current attitudes and patterns of adoption but
also to identify researchersâ needs and aspirations, and problems that they encounter.
We began with an online survey, which collected information about researchersâ information
gathering and dissemination habits and their attitudes towards web 2.0. This was followed
by in-depth, semi-structured interviews with a stratified sample of survey respondents to
explore in more depth their experience of web 2.0, including perceived barriers as well as
drivers to adoption. Finally, we undertook five case studies of web 2.0 services to investigate
their development and adoption across different communities and business models.
Key findings:
Our study indicates that a majority of researchers are making at least occasional use of one
or more web 2.0 tools or services for purposes related to their research: for communicating
their work; for developing and sustaining networks and collaborations; or for finding out
about what others are doing. But frequent or intensive use is rare, and some researchers
regard blogs, wikis and other novel forms of communication as a waste of time or even
dangerous.
In deciding if they will make web 2.0 tools and services part of their everyday practice, the
key questions for researchers are the benefits they may secure from doing so, and how it fits
with their use of established services. Researchers who use web 2.0 tools and services do not
see them as comparable to or substitutes for other channels and means of communication,
but as having their own distinctive role for specific purposes and at particular stages of
research. And frequent use of one kind of tool does not imply frequent use of others as well
The cybercultural moment and the new media field
This article draws on Pierre Bourdieuâs field theory to understand the regenerative âbelief in the newâ in new media culture and web history. I begin by noting that discursive constructions of the web as disruptive, open, and participatory have emerged at various points in the mediumâs history, and that these discourses are not as neatly tied to economic interests as most new media criticism would suggest. With this in mind, field theory is introduced as a potential framework for understanding this (re)production of a belief in the new as a dynamic of the interplay of cultural and symbolic forms of capital within the new media field. After discussing how Bourdieuâs theory might be applied to new media culture in general terms, I turn to a key moment in the emergence of the new media fieldâthe rise of cybercultural magazines Mondo 2000 and Wired in the early 1990sâto illustrate how Bourdieuâs theory may be adapted in the study of new media history
Introducing Social Capital Value Add: Manifesto for New Social Network Structural Management of Corporate Value
Within the field of social capital study, concerns have been expressed that deviations from a fundamental understanding that social capital is captured from embedded resources in social networks may reduce the intellectual enterprise to a catch all fad (Lin, Cook, Burt, 1999). This paper is an argument that sometime in 2004, when broadband internet connections became more prevalent than those of less capacity, individuals became empowered as our most intense form of media. Scaled up effects of the Individual as Medium including: ⢠increased information flow, ⢠exertion of influence, ⢠expansion of social credentials and reinforcement of identity and recognition, are consistent with a network theory of social capital. Corporations are exposed to new risks and opportunities due to these scaled up forms of social capital and they require new methods to manage them. Social Capital Value Add is introduced as such a new method, designed to link the pioneering intellectual enterprise of social capital to value based management and the priorities of marketers. A plausible SCVA valuation method is proposed to demonstrate how these links may be articulated in a way that is meaningful for investors and corporate managers."social capital"; "corporate value"; "Web 2.0"; finance; "corporate valuation"; valuation; "social media"; blog; podcast; RSS; syndication; "memetic brand"; marketing; "social networks"; brand, 2.0; Burt; âstructural holesâ; âweak tiesâ; âNan Linâ; âsocial capital value addâ; Cayley; broadband; âOlav Sorensonâ; Ning; Facebook; MySpace; âMarc Andreesenâ; âMark Zuckerburgâ; Skype; âinflection pointâ; âPoint of inflectionâ; Granovetter; goodwill; âMatthew O. Jacksonâ; âidea habitatsâ; Heath; Berger; embeddedness; âembedded tiesâ; Uzzi; ânetwork effectsâ; trust; reputation; âcorporate reputationâ; McLuhan; âUnderstanding Mediaâ; âMarshall McLuhanâ; âextensions of manâ; âinformation flowâ; âexertion of influenceâ; Rathergate; âinformation cascadeâ; Watts; Gladwell; Friedman; CGM; âconsumer generate mediaâ; word-of-mouth; WOM; buzz; âPR 2.0â; âpublic relationsâ; PR; CRM; âCRM 2.0â; âcustomer relationship managementâ; âsocial credentialsâ; recognition; identity; âsocial recognitionâ; âIndividual as Mediumâ; I.A.M.; SCVA; âmarket positioningâ; findability; âJack Troutâ; âAl Riesâ; âSeth Godinâ; humbug; âeconomic profitâ; "economic value add"; âEVAâ; âInterbrandâ; âMicrosoft Yahooâ; Digg; âvalue based managementâ; âDell Hellâ; âKyle Minogueâ; âAgent Provocateurâ; Wal-Mart; âbrand valuationâ; âdigital footprintâ; âsocial identityâ; âsocial engagementâ; âvalue added earningsâ; âbranded earningsâ; âChris Andersonâ; âThe Long Tailâ; âreciprocityâ; CSR; âcorporate social responsibilityâ; green; sustainability; E-Bay, Amazon; ârate & reviewâ; comments
Come On In. The Water's Fine. An Exploration of Web 2.0 Technology and Its Emerging Impact on Foundation Communications
According to the authors of Come on in. The water's fine. An exploration of Web 2.0 technology and its emerging impact on foundation communications, foundations that have adopted new and still emerging forms of digital communications -- interactive Web sites, blogs, wikis, and social networking applications -- are finding that they offer "opportunities for focused convenings and conversations, lend themselves to interactions with and among grantees, and are an effective story-telling medium." The report's authors, David Brotherton and Cynthia Scheiderer, of Brotherton Strategies, who spent nearly a year exploring how foundations are using new media, add that "electronic communications create an opportunity to connect people who are interested in an issue with each other and the grantees working on the issue."The report also acknowledges that the new technologies raise skepticism and concern among foundations. They include the "worry of losing control over the foundation's message, allowing more staff members to represent the foundation in a more public way, opening the flood gates of grant requests or the headache of a forum gone bad with unwanted or inappropriate posts."Still, the report urges foundations to put aside their worries and make even more forceful use of new media applications and tools. The report argues that whatever is "lost in message control will be more than made up for by the opportunity to engage audiences in new ways, with greater programmatic impact."Acknowledging that adoption of new media tools will require some cultural and operational shifts in foundations, the report offers suggestions from Ernest James Wilson III, dean and Walter Annenberg chair in communication at the University of Southern California, for how to deal with these challenges. He says that for foundations to make the best use of what the technology offers, they should concentrate on three things:Build up the individual "human capital" of their staffs and provide them the competencies they need to operate in the new digital world.Make internal institutional reforms to reward creativity and innovation in using these new media internally and among grantees.Build social networks that span sectors and institutions, to engage in ongoing dialogue among private, public, nonprofits and research stakeholders.As Wilson also says, "All of these steps first require leadership, arguably a new type of leadership, not only at the top but also from the 'bottom' up, since many of the people with the requisite skills, attitudes, substantive knowledge and experience are younger, newer employees, and occupy the low-status end of the organizational pyramid, and hence need strong allies at the top.
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