Description
| Product ID: | 9780820488660 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | Digital Formations |
| Title: | Blogs, Wikipedia, Second Life, and Beyond |
| Subtitle: | From Production to Produsage |
| Authors: | Author: Axel Bruns |
| Page Count: | 420 |
| Subjects: | Speaking in public: advice and guides, Public speaking guides, Writing and editing guides, Communication studies, Cultural studies, Social theory, Information technology: general topics, Journalistic style guides, Communication studies, Cultural studies, Social theory, Information technology: general issues |
| Description: | Digital Formations is the best source for critical, well-written books about digital technologies and modern life. Books in the series break new ground by emphasizing multiple methodological and theoretical approaches to deeply probe the formation and reformation of lived experience as it is refracted through digital interaction. The series examines broad issues in realms such as digital culture, electronic commerce, law, politics and governance, gender, the Internet, race, art, health and medicine, and education. We – the users turned creators and distributors of content – are TIME’s Person of the Year 2006, and AdAge’s Advertising Agency of the Year 2007. We form a new Generation C. We have MySpace, YouTube, and OurMedia; we run social software, and drive the development of Web 2.0. But beyond the hype, what’s really going on? In this groundbreaking exploration of our developing participatory online culture, Axel Bruns establishes the core principles which drive the rise of collaborative content creation in environments, from open source through blogs and Wikipedia to Second Life. This book shows that what’s emerging here is no longer just a new form of content production, but a new process for the continuous creation and extension of knowledge and art by collaborative communities: produsage. The implications of the gradual shift from production to produsage are profound, and will affect the very core of our culture, economy, society, and democracy. |
| Imprint Name: | Peter Lang Publishing Inc |
| Publisher Name: | Peter Lang Publishing Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2008-02-06 |
