Week 4 Lecture (Barry Saunders)

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Cultural diversity online

Barry Saunders

KCB201

[email protected]

http://investigativeblog.net

http://qlddecides.com



Me

‒ QUT CI PhD student, ARC Linkage Citizen Journalism project

‒ Research: citizen journalism, blogging, fan cultures



Diversity

‒ Political

‒ Cultural

‒ Personal

‒ Geographical



Political diversity

‒ Broadening of political perspectives

‒ Broadening of contributors

‒ Broadening of styles



http://indymedia.org



http://blogger.com



http://Larvatusprodeo.net



http://Timblair.net



http://youtube.com

‒ http://youtube.com/user/hmatkin

‒ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kij2UrQxEEc

QuickTime™ and a decompressor

are needed to see this picture.



http://www.youtube.com/user/AlJazeeraEnglish



http://Current.tv



Activism - http://change.org



Political diversity

‒ Widening of debate

‒ Overton Window

‒ Outsider perspectives

‒ Specialist perspectives

‒ Echo chamber?



downsides

‒ Conspiracy theories

‒ Popularisation of discredited science - autism - vaccine connection, creationism, 9-11 conspiracies, flat earth, moon landing hoax

‒ Communities built around racism



stormfront



Cultural diversity



http://Globalvoices.org



http://us.cyworld.com/



http://dear_raed.blogspot.com/



personal



Communities of interest

‒ Traditionally communities formed geographically

‒ To find communities of interest, usually had to move to city with large population

‒ Eg: cult cinema, jazz music

‒ Communities of interest form online



Cult film - http://aintitcool.com



Sci-fi - http://io9.com



Wookieepedia http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page



Comics - http://community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/



Webcomics and out-of-print comics

‣ http://penny-arcade.com



toys



anime



fansubs

‒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fansub



amvs

‒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime_music_video

‒ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJGuXl-KgKM





Lolcats

‒ http://icanhascheezburger.com/



lolpresidents

‒ http://www.lolpresidents.com/



News communities

‒ http://reddit.com

‒ http://digg.com



Conspiracy theories

‒ http://disinfo.com



photography

‒ http://flickr.com



Remix trailers

‒ http://www.thetrailermash.com/ ‒ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMlF2PNgN70





http://jumpcut.com



Music communities

‒ Amazon recommendations

‒ http://Last.fm



Dating sites

‒ Ethnic / religious / political ‒ RSVP‒ Gayfriendfinder‒ Adultfriendfinder‒ Coeliac dating‒ furry dating ‒ (probably best to look at these from home, unless you

want a ‘please explain’ email from IT :)



Furries and cosplay

‒ Just a quick note, I didn’t explain properly what furries are in the lecture. If you are interested, I’d suggest Wikipedia -

‒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furry_fandom‒ Furry fandom is different to cosplay:‒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosplay‒ While this lifestyle might seem strange or amusing, as with any consensual

sexual or lifestyle choice it should be respected and not subject to ridicule. I apologise if my discussion of this topic upset or offended anyone in class.



geographical

‒ http://Outside.in

‒ Placeblogging - http://placeblogger.com/

‒ APIs and map mashups



http://Outside.in



http://flickrvision.com



http://twittervision.com



http://www.schmap.com/



http://www.globalincidentmap.com/home.php



Mobile barcodes

http://youtube.com/watch?v=OxFR6r-Dqk4





Hyperlocal media

‒ http://qlddecides.com

‒ http://www.cairnsblog.net/



http://Qlddecides.com

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