Comments on: Video to Explain the Web http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2007/video-to-explain-the-web/ Thoughts on Emerging Media and Higher Education Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:17:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: dave http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2007/video-to-explain-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-2663 dave Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:34:53 +0000 http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/?p=137#comment-2663 Agreed the video can be techno-utopian, something I try to guard against. But I think we should consider how the web has significantly altered the public sphere. As <a href="http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2007/02/05/guardian-column-the-youtube-campaign-2/" rel="nofollow">Buzz Machine</a> points out, 14 million Americans use the "read-write" web to engage in political discussions. Now this is American biased, so there are problems with this analysis in a global sense. And, I wouldn't want to claim that the revolution is coming, but I would argue that the web has given greater access to people to enter the public sphere. Sure this access is unevenly distributed, but power has always been so. Compared to previous models of reading, writing and publication though, I'll choose the potential of the web. The question I think now becomes how to use this potential. Agreed the video can be techno-utopian, something I try to guard against. But I think we should consider how the web has significantly altered the public sphere. As Buzz Machine points out, 14 million Americans use the “read-write” web to engage in political discussions. Now this is American biased, so there are problems with this analysis in a global sense. And, I wouldn’t want to claim that the revolution is coming, but I would argue that the web has given greater access to people to enter the public sphere. Sure this access is unevenly distributed, but power has always been so. Compared to previous models of reading, writing and publication though, I’ll choose the potential of the web. The question I think now becomes how to use this potential.

]]> By: Media @ LSE Group Weblog http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2007/video-to-explain-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-2659 Media @ LSE Group Weblog Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:46:54 +0000 http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/?p=137#comment-2659 <strong>Overstating the significance of Web 2.0...</strong> This video is very popular among technophiles, as its ranking on Technorati demonstrates, but while I enjoy using Web 2.0 technologies as much as the next person, the sunny optimism of this video and the absence of a wider social perspective on the phe... Overstating the significance of Web 2.0…

This video is very popular among technophiles, as its ranking on Technorati demonstrates, but while I enjoy using Web 2.0 technologies as much as the next person, the sunny optimism of this video and the absence of a wider social perspective on the phe…

]]> By: dave http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2007/video-to-explain-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-2638 dave Sun, 04 Feb 2007 20:04:07 +0000 http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/?p=137#comment-2638 Jill, I agree it is fast especially for people who are not familiar with what is happening. But, I like the speed for two reasons, one it can be slowed down (the point, that we can interrupt media) and two it reflects an aesthetic style of new media towards speed. As far as the language goes I wonder if it could be subtitled?? (Thanks for the original post by the way) Jill, I agree it is fast especially for people who are not familiar with what is happening. But, I like the speed for two reasons, one it can be slowed down (the point, that we can interrupt media) and two it reflects an aesthetic style of new media towards speed. As far as the language goes I wonder if it could be subtitled?? (Thanks for the original post by the way)

]]> By: Jill http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2007/video-to-explain-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-2635 Jill Sun, 04 Feb 2007 19:51:16 +0000 http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/?p=137#comment-2635 Yes, I'm thinking I'll start my next class by showing this, too! Though I'm curious as to whether it's too fast for students who aren't already familiar with the ideas - I also have many students for whom English is a second langauge, so the language alone might be too fast. I absolutely love the video, anyway. Yes, I’m thinking I’ll start my next class by showing this, too! Though I’m curious as to whether it’s too fast for students who aren’t already familiar with the ideas – I also have many students for whom English is a second langauge, so the language alone might be too fast. I absolutely love the video, anyway.

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