Citizen journalism has been a term constantly mentioned in the Creative Industries faculty. at QUT. In the Virtual Cultures subject, I have been introduced to open source software
and have learnt that both these terms (citizen journalism and open source software) are very similar and according to Bruns (2008, 69) directly related.
For some reason I have not completely been able to grasp the concept of citizen journalism; I’ve always have a vague idea, but I was never comfortable with its meaning. Of course I searched Wikipedia, and finally, I’m able to say I have an understanding of it. I also found a YouTube video, which also helped me to understand. So, for the purposes of this blog, I am going to focus on citizen journalism, however, open source software will be linked, as they are quite similar concepts.
Citizen journalism, also known as public or participatory journalism, is the act of citizens "playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing and disseminating news and information," (Wikipedia 2008). The form of journalism that was "by the people" began to flourish (this was enabled by web 2.0 and the array of networking environments) and people began expressing themselves through weblogs, chat rooms, message boards, wikis and mobile computing (Wikipedia 2008).
Axel Bruns (2008, 71) identifies gatekeeping and gatewatching as important elements in controlling citizen journalism. “Gatekeeping selects the stories to be covered in the products of mainstream journalism from the totality of all news currently available in the world” (Bruns 2008, 71). Gatewatching on the other hand, relies on the user to determine what they find interesting and what they want to share with their peers (Bruns 2008, 74).
The concept of produsage is linked to citizen journalism. Bruns (2008, 74) notes that open news produsage reverses the conventional industrial production process.
“Industrial software production operates on a principle of ‘develop to marketable quality, then release,’ whereas open source often releases its projects in no more than embryonic versions, divides the production process into granular produsage tasks, and then engages in the open and communally organized development of software to what we continue to refer to as ‘commercial quality’ ” (Bruns 2008, 74).
So how does one become a citizen journalist? Bruns (2008, 74) suggests that similarly to open source software development, citizen journalists begin with an idea that interests them and that will interest their peers and starts developing. The wider community then evaluates and adds more information and views – thus showing produsage at work.
We are living in a world with multiple networked and online environments, all of which have different approaches. However, the citizen journalism movement has developed a “sophisticated array of processes, tools, and technologies” in order for it to take place across the many websites that make up the movement (Bruns 2008, 70).
As Axel Bruns (2008, 95) concludes, “Produsage-based citizen journalism is the first step towards restoring access to the public institution of journalism for a wide range of citizens-turned-produsers." Produsage-based citizen journalism has broken the commercial hold of industrial capitalism in the journalistic industry (Bruns 2008, 95).
Journalists must embrace produsage and realize that in order to succeed in an online environment, they must utilize their users as produsers as a way to explore other elements of the news.
Bruns, A. 2008. News Blogs and Citizen Journalism: Perpetual Collaboration in Evaluating the News in Blogs, Wikipedia, Second Life and Beyond: From Production to Produsage, 69-100. New York: Peter Lang. https://cmd.qut.edu.au/cmd/KCB201/KCB201_BK_163501.pdf (accessed April 30, 2008).
Wikipedia. 2008. Citizen Journalism. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_journalism (accessed April 30, 2008).
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
The Future is userled!
One important, and some would say exciting aspect of web2.0, is a term coined by Axel Bruns, a lecturer I have come across many times during my university education. I have been aware of this term and to be honest, find myself writing or talking about it all the time – even in day to day conversation.
Produsage – a mash up of a user and a producer. The term encapsulates the shift from the old ‘industrial’ forms of production to the collaborative, user led environment.
“The concept of produsage is intended as a means of connecting such developments in the cultural, social, commercial, intellectual, economic, and societal realms” (Bruns 2008, 5). Produsers are actually involved in the content production, but not in the traditional ways as there is a "collaborative and continuous building and extending of existing content in pursuit of further improvement" (Bruns 2008, 1).
So how do you become a produser? Firstly, the production of ideas has to take place in a collaborative and social environment (funny how social networks fit into this). This kind of environment allows participants to not only be a USER, but to actually generate their own content and become a PRODUCER. Hence prod – user….. PRODUSER.
Bruns (2008, 3) points out that there are four fundamental characteristics of produsage that show the difference from industrial production. Firstly, it must be community based and happen in a collaborative environment e.g. online community (Bruns 2008, 3). The second characteristic is fluid roles, where produsers have roles within a project and a community (Bruns 2008, 3). Thirdly, is the idea of the unfinished artefact because produsage projects are continually developing and under construction (Bruns 2008, 3). Finally is the produsage value chain which shows that there is not just an individual producer, but multitudes of them (Bruns 2008, 3).
Bruns (2008, 2) also makes the point about Wikipedia not being a product, it is more the end result of collaboration and content production. He continues stating that Wikipedia is different from industrial forms of production that traditional encyclopaedia’s adhere to, and that the role of the distributor has indeed disappeared entirely – because users are becoming the produsers (Bruns 2008, 2).
To put this into perspective, imagine this.
You hear about this really great social network that’s online (there is an endless list – check out my blog on social networks to find them). Let’s continue with Wikipedia. You have a look around the site and search – you are being a user. But you then find something wrong with an entry and want to change it. You have the power to do this. You have the ability to produce the content – to become a PRODUSER.
But Wikipedia isn’t the only example. When you play games like The Sims and World of Warcraft or when you add a video to YouTube, you create your own worlds – this is produsage.
We are all produsers at some point. I am a produser at this very moment. I am not only being involved – being a user - of this social network (that being the blogging community) but I am producing my own content, writing my own thoughts. It’s actually a really good feeling.
So Axel Bruns was right on the mark – The Future IS User-Led.
Bruns, A. 2008. The Future is User-Led: The Path Towards Widespread Produsage. 1 -10. http://produsage.org/files/The%20Future%20Is%20User-Led%20(PerthDAC%202007).pdf (accessed April 29, 2008).
Produsage – a mash up of a user and a producer. The term encapsulates the shift from the old ‘industrial’ forms of production to the collaborative, user led environment.
“The concept of produsage is intended as a means of connecting such developments in the cultural, social, commercial, intellectual, economic, and societal realms” (Bruns 2008, 5). Produsers are actually involved in the content production, but not in the traditional ways as there is a "collaborative and continuous building and extending of existing content in pursuit of further improvement" (Bruns 2008, 1).
So how do you become a produser? Firstly, the production of ideas has to take place in a collaborative and social environment (funny how social networks fit into this). This kind of environment allows participants to not only be a USER, but to actually generate their own content and become a PRODUCER. Hence prod – user….. PRODUSER.
Bruns (2008, 3) points out that there are four fundamental characteristics of produsage that show the difference from industrial production. Firstly, it must be community based and happen in a collaborative environment e.g. online community (Bruns 2008, 3). The second characteristic is fluid roles, where produsers have roles within a project and a community (Bruns 2008, 3). Thirdly, is the idea of the unfinished artefact because produsage projects are continually developing and under construction (Bruns 2008, 3). Finally is the produsage value chain which shows that there is not just an individual producer, but multitudes of them (Bruns 2008, 3).
Bruns (2008, 2) also makes the point about Wikipedia not being a product, it is more the end result of collaboration and content production. He continues stating that Wikipedia is different from industrial forms of production that traditional encyclopaedia’s adhere to, and that the role of the distributor has indeed disappeared entirely – because users are becoming the produsers (Bruns 2008, 2).
To put this into perspective, imagine this.
You hear about this really great social network that’s online (there is an endless list – check out my blog on social networks to find them). Let’s continue with Wikipedia. You have a look around the site and search – you are being a user. But you then find something wrong with an entry and want to change it. You have the power to do this. You have the ability to produce the content – to become a PRODUSER.
But Wikipedia isn’t the only example. When you play games like The Sims and World of Warcraft or when you add a video to YouTube, you create your own worlds – this is produsage.
We are all produsers at some point. I am a produser at this very moment. I am not only being involved – being a user - of this social network (that being the blogging community) but I am producing my own content, writing my own thoughts. It’s actually a really good feeling.
So Axel Bruns was right on the mark – The Future IS User-Led.
Bruns, A. 2008. The Future is User-Led: The Path Towards Widespread Produsage. 1 -10. http://produsage.org/files/The%20Future%20Is%20User-Led%20(PerthDAC%202007).pdf (accessed April 29, 2008).
Friday, April 25, 2008
Newspaper vs Online - continued
The rapid growth of the internet has made it a major source of news and information (Cassidy 2005, 264). Interest in online services has had a major boom over recent years and online news has significantly grown in importance (Fitzgerald 1994, 36).
Many believe that the continual growth of the internet will eventually cause print newspapers to disappear. “In recent years, it has become increasingly popular to predict that by the time today's teenagers reach middle age, video images will have replaced the written word as the principal conveyer of messages, and that newspapers, along with most other forms of print media, will be on the verge of extinction” (Nash 1994, 5). Wow, the wonders of web 2.0!
It’s easy to argue that the print editions of newspapers are not relevant because of the ease of use and the speed of updates of online editions. But research shows that while 99 per cent of Australian homes own at least one television, 44 per cent of these homes do not have internet access (Adams, 2006). It also depends on a person’s lifestyle; some may prefer online editions, but many will be so familiar with print editions, that they will have incorporated them into their daily routine.
As the debate over whether daily newspapers are still relevant in an age of online and global media continues, for the moment I’m sure it is safe to say that newspapers are not going to disappear in the near future. Print newspapers are still a vital and necessary part of people’s daily lives, and even thought the internet is slowly taking ever, the following of loyal readers will not diminish. Newspapers are not going to die, but in a few years, it seems they will not hold the prominent place they currently do in the media sector as the online versions will continue to thrive. Therefore, it is evident that daily newspapers are extremely relevant and vital in the online media age that is before us.
Reference List
Adams, D. 2006. Queensland University of Technology, KCB104 Online Learning and Teaching Web site: http://oltfile.qut.edu.au/download.asp?rNum=3230505&pNum=409849&fac=CI&OLTWebSiteID=KCB104&dir=sec&CFID=5993860&CFTOKEN=30781123 (accessed April 23, 2008).
Cassidy, W. 2005. Variations on a theme: The Proffesional Role Conceptions of print and online newspaper journalists. Journalism and Mass Communication Quartely, 82 (2):264-281. (accessed April 23, 2008 from ProQuest Database).
Fitzgerald, M. 1994. Survey: Newspaper interest in on-line services is booming. Editor and Publisher, 127 (11):36. (accessed April 23, 2008 from ProQuest Database).
Nash, W. 1994. Newspapers: Gearing for the future with electronic publishing. Newspaper Financial Executive Journal, 47 (8):5. (accessed April 24, 2008 from ProQuest Database).
Schoenbach, K., E. de Waal. and E. Lauf. 2005. Research Note: Online and Print Newspapers: Their Impact on the Extent of the Perceived Public Agenda. European Journal of Communication, 20 (2): 245. (accessed April 24, 2008 from ProQuest database).
Many believe that the continual growth of the internet will eventually cause print newspapers to disappear. “In recent years, it has become increasingly popular to predict that by the time today's teenagers reach middle age, video images will have replaced the written word as the principal conveyer of messages, and that newspapers, along with most other forms of print media, will be on the verge of extinction” (Nash 1994, 5). Wow, the wonders of web 2.0!
It’s easy to argue that the print editions of newspapers are not relevant because of the ease of use and the speed of updates of online editions. But research shows that while 99 per cent of Australian homes own at least one television, 44 per cent of these homes do not have internet access (Adams, 2006). It also depends on a person’s lifestyle; some may prefer online editions, but many will be so familiar with print editions, that they will have incorporated them into their daily routine.
As the debate over whether daily newspapers are still relevant in an age of online and global media continues, for the moment I’m sure it is safe to say that newspapers are not going to disappear in the near future. Print newspapers are still a vital and necessary part of people’s daily lives, and even thought the internet is slowly taking ever, the following of loyal readers will not diminish. Newspapers are not going to die, but in a few years, it seems they will not hold the prominent place they currently do in the media sector as the online versions will continue to thrive. Therefore, it is evident that daily newspapers are extremely relevant and vital in the online media age that is before us.
Reference List
Adams, D. 2006. Queensland University of Technology, KCB104 Online Learning and Teaching Web site: http://oltfile.qut.edu.au/download.asp?rNum=3230505&pNum=409849&fac=CI&OLTWebSiteID=KCB104&dir=sec&CFID=5993860&CFTOKEN=30781123 (accessed April 23, 2008).
Cassidy, W. 2005. Variations on a theme: The Proffesional Role Conceptions of print and online newspaper journalists. Journalism and Mass Communication Quartely, 82 (2):264-281. (accessed April 23, 2008 from ProQuest Database).
Fitzgerald, M. 1994. Survey: Newspaper interest in on-line services is booming. Editor and Publisher, 127 (11):36. (accessed April 23, 2008 from ProQuest Database).
Nash, W. 1994. Newspapers: Gearing for the future with electronic publishing. Newspaper Financial Executive Journal, 47 (8):5. (accessed April 24, 2008 from ProQuest Database).
Schoenbach, K., E. de Waal. and E. Lauf. 2005. Research Note: Online and Print Newspapers: Their Impact on the Extent of the Perceived Public Agenda. European Journal of Communication, 20 (2): 245. (accessed April 24, 2008 from ProQuest database).
In an age of online and global media, are daily newspapers still relevant?
Just recently I was thinking about the shift of web 1.0 to web 2.0 and how so many aspects of day to day life are evolving and moving onto the internet. It then got me thinking – are tangible items, such as newspapers still relevant in such an internet savvy world? I started doing a bit of research and found some interesting information.
Over the last 30 or so years, daily newspaper readership has declined. From this, we can make the assumption that because people are becoming more technological, we see people turning away from newspapers and looking to the internet for their daily news. This has raised several questions as to the relevance of newspapers and whether online media should be the main source of news. I believe that newspapers are still a necessary and relevant source of news, even though the rapid growth of the internet is causing the decline in readers of newspapers. However, there are those who believe that the internet will take over from print newspapers in years to come.
Many say that the most useful part of the media (newspapers) is slowly disappearing due to the emergence of online news (Schoenbach et al 2005, 245). So with the future of newspapers up in the air, should we just embrace the web and forget about them altogether? Research has shown that only one per cent of Australians rely on media forms such as the internet for news (Adams, 2006). Of those who do, readers have the ability to control and can pick whatever part of the news they want to read about. A print newspaper on the other hand widens the range of what a person is reading and gives them access to many different topics, events and issues (Schoenbach et al 2005, 245). But the question still remains, are print newspapers still relevant?
Extensive research has been carried out to determine the relevance of newspapers in the world of online and global media. It was found that 75 per cent of Australia’s population do not rely on and rarely access the Internet to find out the latest news (Adams, 2006). With this being said, the online editions are always generally the same news as what is in the print edition of the newspaper anyway. So why do we really need both?
To be continued.....
Over the last 30 or so years, daily newspaper readership has declined. From this, we can make the assumption that because people are becoming more technological, we see people turning away from newspapers and looking to the internet for their daily news. This has raised several questions as to the relevance of newspapers and whether online media should be the main source of news. I believe that newspapers are still a necessary and relevant source of news, even though the rapid growth of the internet is causing the decline in readers of newspapers. However, there are those who believe that the internet will take over from print newspapers in years to come.
Many say that the most useful part of the media (newspapers) is slowly disappearing due to the emergence of online news (Schoenbach et al 2005, 245). So with the future of newspapers up in the air, should we just embrace the web and forget about them altogether? Research has shown that only one per cent of Australians rely on media forms such as the internet for news (Adams, 2006). Of those who do, readers have the ability to control and can pick whatever part of the news they want to read about. A print newspaper on the other hand widens the range of what a person is reading and gives them access to many different topics, events and issues (Schoenbach et al 2005, 245). But the question still remains, are print newspapers still relevant?
Extensive research has been carried out to determine the relevance of newspapers in the world of online and global media. It was found that 75 per cent of Australia’s population do not rely on and rarely access the Internet to find out the latest news (Adams, 2006). With this being said, the online editions are always generally the same news as what is in the print edition of the newspaper anyway. So why do we really need both?
To be continued.....
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Web 1.0 vs Web 2.0!
Web 1.0 was hard work, web 2.0 is simply… better.
Web 1.0 was about reading, while web 2.0 is about writing. Web 1.0 was about companies, Web 2.0 is now about communities. 1.0 was about HTML, 2.0 is about XML.
The list is endless:
Web 1.0 was about client-server, Web 2.0 is about peer to peer
Web 1.0 was about home pages, Web 2.0 is about blogs
Web 1.0 was about portals, Web 2.0 is about RSS
Web 1.0 was about taxonomy, Web 2.0 is about tags
Web 1.0 was about wires, Web 2.0 is about wireless
Web 1.0 was about owning, Web 2.0 is about sharing
Web 1.0 was about IPOs, Web 2.0 is about trade sales
Web 1.0 was about Netscape, Web 2.0 is about Google
Web 1.0 was about web forms, Web 2.0 is about web applications
Web 1.0 was about screen scraping, Web 2.0 is about APIs
Web 1.0 was about dialup, Web 2.0 is about broadband
Web 1.0 was about hardware costs, Web 2.0 is about bandwidth costs
(Drumgoole 2008).
Axel Bruns (2008, 3) quotes Tim O’Reilly, stating that “Web 2.0 is the business revolution in the computer industry caused by the move to the internet as platform, and an attempt to understand the rules for success on that new platform”.
(O'Reilly 2008).
Web 2.0 has revolutionized how consumers use the internet. It’s about two way communication; now consumers can interact with people through blogs, websites and comments – a luxury that web 1.0 did not possess (O'Reilly 2008). Web 1.0 was only really about consuming; it was just a delivery medium. Yes we do consume web 2.0, but we actually use it too. We interact with people through blogs and emails, we create our own spaces – we can anything. This links with the idea of the produser, but more about that in another blog.
Bryan Alexander (2006) notes that social software has been a major component of the emergence of Web 2.0. He continues stating that "Web 2.0 services respond more deeply to users than Web 1.0 services" (Alexander 2006).
It’s important to realize that web 2.0 is the product of technological advancements and creative destruction (a term economist’s use for the evolution of the economy). Web 2.0 has opened the door to so many possibilities. Without web 2.0, our favourite online social networks would never have been invented and we would not be able to spend so many hours a day procrastinating on them. Look at YouTube; a perfect example of how web 2.0 has allowed users to interact with the web and each other. And it’s not the only one; you’ve got MySpace, Facebook, Flikr and del.icio.us to name a few. These mediums have allowed consumers the ability to download AND upload their own content, a key difference between 1.0 and 2.0.
I’m sure we are all grateful that there was a change to web 2.0 because lets face, I don’t really know if I could have gotten through anything without it, especially university! So finally, the questions that now remains is,
What will web 3.0 bring?
References
Alexander, B. 2006. Web 2.0: A New Wave of Innovation for Teaching and Learning? http://www.middlebury.edu/nr/rdonlyres/2c9efffc-00b4-46e9-9ce5-32d63a0fe9b5/0/unbound_02_02_web2.pdf (Accessed April 24, 2008).
Bruns, A. 2008. Blogs, Wikipedia, Second Life and Beyond. In Production to Produsage, 1-7.
http://blackboard.qut.edu.au/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab=courses&url=/bin/common/course.pl?course_id=_29175_1 (accessed April 24, 2008).
Drumgoole, J. 2008. Copacetic. http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/2006/05/29/web-20-vs-web-10/ (accessed April 32, 2008).
O'Reilly, T. 2008. What is web 2.0? http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html (accessed April 24, 2008).
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Are online social networks taking over the world?
You would have been living on the top of Mount Everest to not know about the latest phenomena taking over the world. For those who are safely down on the ground, they would know that its online social networks which are taking the world by storm. “The tremendous surge in web-based services and applications, known as ‘Web 2.0,’and their corresponding influence on how people create, exchange, and use information” (Dearstyne, 2007, p.25) has prompted the emergence of Online Social Networks, which allows groups of people to interact via online communication.
There is an ENDLESS list of virtual communities a user can be part of, including Facebook, MySpace, Flickr, YouTube, World of Warcraft and Second Life to name a few.
Each of these forms of communication has emerged from Web 2.0 and each community and world is becoming part of people’s everyday lives. These communities all share the same passion and interest, as they create exciting and alternate social networks (Song and Walden, 2007, p.48).
These groups of people form larger communities from across the world as they share a common interest, idea, task or goal. The various communities and worlds allow them to interact in virtual societies across time, geographical and organizational boundaries and enable them to develop personal relationships.
The interest in these communities and worlds has flourished and spread like wild fire all over the World Wide Web. The development and popularity of social networks, has caused an upsurge of Web 2.0, suggesting that this phenomenon of online social networking is very relevant in today’s world of new media technologies. Interest has also been sparked in scholarly writing particularly regarding the safety of these worlds and communities to the virtual and physical self (Wolfendale, 2007, p.111). However, much has also been written about the use of social networks in education, particularly on how libraries and librarians are using many of the popular social networking sites for communication purposes, by blogging and adding discussion pages (Stephens, 2007, p.45).
Each virtual community and virtual world has varied levels of interaction and participation among their members and ranges from adding comments to blogs or message boards, to competing against other people in online video games such as Massively Multi-Player Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs). Stephens (2007, p.45) says that “networking technologies afford users the chance to interact, share themselves, and create content.”
This is a larger list of online social networks (although there are more)!
- Facebook
- MySpace
- Flickr
- YouTube
- Blogger.com
- Del.ic.ious
- Wikipedia
- World of Warcraft
- Second Life
- EverQuest
- eBay
- Amazon
- Shutterbook
- Mixpo
- Friendster
- Photobucket
- Shutterfly
- Bebo
So, the question remains, have online social networks taken over the world? I believe they have, but there is certainly nothing wrong with that because the emergence of these online social networks is shaping the way we interact and communicate with each other.
References
Dearstyne, B.W. 2007. Blogs, Mashups, & Wikis: Oh, My! Information Management Journal, 41(4): 25-32.
Song, J., and E. Walden. 2007. How Consumer Perceptions of Network Size and Social Interactions Influence the Intention to Adopt Peer-to-Peer Technologies. International Journal of E-Business Research, 3(4): 49-67.
Stephens, M. 2007. Social Networking Services. Library Technology Reports, 43(5): 45-52.
Wolfendale, J. 2007. My avatar, my self: Virtual harm and attachment. Ethics and Information Technology, 9(2): 111-120.
There is an ENDLESS list of virtual communities a user can be part of, including Facebook, MySpace, Flickr, YouTube, World of Warcraft and Second Life to name a few.
Each of these forms of communication has emerged from Web 2.0 and each community and world is becoming part of people’s everyday lives. These communities all share the same passion and interest, as they create exciting and alternate social networks (Song and Walden, 2007, p.48).
These groups of people form larger communities from across the world as they share a common interest, idea, task or goal. The various communities and worlds allow them to interact in virtual societies across time, geographical and organizational boundaries and enable them to develop personal relationships.
The interest in these communities and worlds has flourished and spread like wild fire all over the World Wide Web. The development and popularity of social networks, has caused an upsurge of Web 2.0, suggesting that this phenomenon of online social networking is very relevant in today’s world of new media technologies. Interest has also been sparked in scholarly writing particularly regarding the safety of these worlds and communities to the virtual and physical self (Wolfendale, 2007, p.111). However, much has also been written about the use of social networks in education, particularly on how libraries and librarians are using many of the popular social networking sites for communication purposes, by blogging and adding discussion pages (Stephens, 2007, p.45).
Each virtual community and virtual world has varied levels of interaction and participation among their members and ranges from adding comments to blogs or message boards, to competing against other people in online video games such as Massively Multi-Player Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs). Stephens (2007, p.45) says that “networking technologies afford users the chance to interact, share themselves, and create content.”
This is a larger list of online social networks (although there are more)!
- MySpace
- Flickr
- YouTube
- Blogger.com
- Del.ic.ious
- Wikipedia
- World of Warcraft
- Second Life
- EverQuest
- eBay
- Amazon
- Shutterbook
- Mixpo
- Friendster
- Photobucket
- Shutterfly
- Bebo
So, the question remains, have online social networks taken over the world? I believe they have, but there is certainly nothing wrong with that because the emergence of these online social networks is shaping the way we interact and communicate with each other.
References
Dearstyne, B.W. 2007. Blogs, Mashups, & Wikis: Oh, My! Information Management Journal, 41(4): 25-32.
Song, J., and E. Walden. 2007. How Consumer Perceptions of Network Size and Social Interactions Influence the Intention to Adopt Peer-to-Peer Technologies. International Journal of E-Business Research, 3(4): 49-67.
Stephens, M. 2007. Social Networking Services. Library Technology Reports, 43(5): 45-52.
Wolfendale, J. 2007. My avatar, my self: Virtual harm and attachment. Ethics and Information Technology, 9(2): 111-120.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
The start of something new!
WOO HOO!! My very first blog ever!
So my KCB201 class has FINALLY started on blogging...not that i really wanna be concentrating on blogging right now considering that our first assignment (on del.icio.us) is due 2moro (friday 11th) It's a little bit scary but I'm hopeing it will all turn out good. AND I have my exam for business law and ethics due, which is even scarier... cuz I havent done much study at all.... major cramming to be done on Friday I think.....
All in all, I think the idea of blogging is pretty cool, I've never done it before but I think I may make use of it more once this subject is over... yet another procrastination technique (like facebook) that will most certainly keep me from doing my studies!!!
So i think that may be it for now, but i will most certainly be back for more.... considering we have a whole assessment worth 50% to do....
So for now....
So long, farewell aufwierdsehn... Goodbye!
cynicalmiss....elyse :)
So my KCB201 class has FINALLY started on blogging...not that i really wanna be concentrating on blogging right now considering that our first assignment (on del.icio.us) is due 2moro (friday 11th) It's a little bit scary but I'm hopeing it will all turn out good. AND I have my exam for business law and ethics due, which is even scarier... cuz I havent done much study at all.... major cramming to be done on Friday I think.....
All in all, I think the idea of blogging is pretty cool, I've never done it before but I think I may make use of it more once this subject is over... yet another procrastination technique (like facebook) that will most certainly keep me from doing my studies!!!
So i think that may be it for now, but i will most certainly be back for more.... considering we have a whole assessment worth 50% to do....
So for now....
So long, farewell aufwierdsehn... Goodbye!
cynicalmiss....elyse :)
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