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Medi W5: social media and politics

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channel characteristics
plastic,
interactivity,
dis-inter-mediation.
remediation of old forms
blending old and new media eg. US magazine tried to look like TV (color, pics, graphs) (eg online TV)
social networking services (SNS) four elements
interactivity,
more than two communicators,
common-public-place where members can meet and interact,
sustained membership over time.
four elements of community
participation,
cohesion,
identity,
creative capability.
integration: social identity
psychological processes by which individuals perceive themselves as a group member and why and how they interact within the group.
integration: organizational commitment
a model of the sense of affinity that members have with the "brand" or identity of the organization to which they belong.
social capital
Features of social organization, such as trust, norms, and networks, that can improve the efficiency of society by facilitating coordinated actions.
types of openness
open to interactivity - Facebook,
open to intellectual property - create commons and Wikipedia.
Web 1.0
1990-2000,
static info publishing online,
"push" content from producers to consumers.
simple interactivity.
Web 2.0
2000-2010,
web moves from "content" to applications,
"Read-Write Web",
complex interactivity, social networking.
Web 3.0
2010-,
"intelligent internet",
machine learning, recommendation engines,
social organization and co-ordination through networks.
technological determinism
development of web 3.0 and beyond as an "emergent property" of the network.
social determinism
imagining the future internet
social voter
the social networks, voters are embedded in, exert powerful influences on [electoral] behavior
alternative journalism
as not professional,
as critical.
citizen journalism
contribution to discussion in the public sphere, whether in the form of simple information, synthesis, reporting, or opinion. The contributions can range from the very local to global, entering into the "conversation of democracy".
"new" types of political action
media "direct action",
formation of alternative media,
increased avenues for "tactical media".
"smart" networks
predictive abilities of aggregating together large amounts of data.
does internet bring us together?
computer mediated communications reduce social cues,
reduced accountability,
"deviant" identity expression.
slacktivism
time wasting,
non-real,
diversionary.
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