What has happened to the idea of ‘community’ in the age of networked digital media? The Macquarie Concise Dictionary (1998) defines a community as ‘a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and have a cultural and historical heritage’. Internet technology has extended this notion of community to encompass people from all over the world as well as the creation of virtual communities (Boyer, Cortes, Vernick, Wilbur, Khan & Balfour 1999). Richard Stallman was the first person to see the positive potential for a sharing community on the internet, which he established by creating free software. This led to the creation of the Creative Commons, a community website where artists can place different levels of copy right restrictions on their original work (Creative Commons 2005). Other online sharing communities also developed, such as peer to peer file sharing and virtual communities. However not all internet communities are beneficial, there are still many problems that need to be sorted out such as the legalities of peer to peer sharing and cyber bullying. So how has the internet changed our collective concept of what a ‘community’ is?
The internet was originally designed to link together a small community of researchers, but it is now used by many millions of people all around the world (Shenker 1995). Larry Lessig (2007) believes that the internet has brought us from a passive (read only) existence to a read/write existence where we have user generated content; people contribute to and download from the internet. People use the internet to shop, listen to music, play games, chat to people overseas and even do their personal banking. Many analysts have looked at the effect the internet has had on communities, like Wellman, Hass, Witte & Hampton (2001) who established that the internet has had a positive effect on community by providing a meeting space for people with common interests that overcomes the limitations of space and time, and Hampton and Wellman (2003). who found that it has enhanced traditional communities by adding a new way of connecting with existing relationships. Internet communities provide the means for a group of peers, who live in different locations, to communicate with each other. This can include discussion boards on websites, chat rooms, mailing lists or newsgroups (Eysenbach & Till 2001).
Richard Stallman found one way of generating a community online was by creating ‘free’ software that was needed to run the computers that connect to the internet. Stallman was part of a computer programmer community that shared software amongst themselves in the 1970’s; however by the 1980’s the people who owned the software made the programmers sign agreements that they would not ‘illegally’ distribute their software anymore (Stallman 2002). The owners of proprietary software declared that “if you share with your neighbour you are a pirate” (Stallman). Stallman decided to counter this and designed GNU, which stands for Gnu’s not Unix, because he felt that a cooperating sharing community was now made illegal. Stallman believed that with a free operating system he could recreate the community of computer programmers by inviting everyone to use GNU who wanted to (Stallman). Therefore no one had to deprive his or her friends of this new system or be forced in to piracy. As the popularity, and demand, for his products grew, Stallman decided he needed to expand his business, and attempted to find a way to make money from it (Stallman). Thus, he founded the Free Software Foundation (FSF) which is committed to providing a community of ‘free’ software (Bove 2005). Free software is community based as it has no official owner and promotes sharing. Stallman believes that free software equates to freedom, the freedom to communicate and the freedom of choice (Stallman as cited in Moore 2003). The choice to run the program for any purpose, the freedom to modify the program to suit your personal needs, the freedom to redistribute copies and the freedom to distribute modified versions of the program so that the community can benefit from your improvements (Stallman). There is no contradiction between free software and selling copies, as the freedom to sell copies is necessary to raise funds for the development of future free software (Stallman). The free software foundation is a community that now has members from all around the world committed to promoting computer users ‘rights to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute modified computer programs’ (Free Software Foundation 2007). From the development of free software came the development of the Creative Commons (CC) which is an online community of artists who are interested in sharing their work with the public. CC uses the same philosophy as free software but in other contexts, such as music or photography. The CC is working to revive balance, compromise and moderation back in to the copy right system (Creative Commons 2005). Like the free software movement, their goal is community-minded and the means are voluntary, people define their own level of copyright on a spectrum from fully copyright (all rights reserved) to public domain (no rights reserved) (Creative Commons). This organisation has generated support and donations from many different countries all around the world from people who believe that this is an important compromise in the balance between copyright and new technologies such as the internet.
Other internet communities can be virtual which allows the participant the freedom to create a person that they would like to be. People can choose physical traits that may or may not look like themselves, as well as develop the confidence to say and behave in ways they would not in ‘real life’. One popular virtual world is Second Life. Founded by Philip Rosedale in 1999, Second Life is a 3-D virtual world entirely created by its residents (Linden Research 2007a). There are over 11,193,809 residents who come from over 100 different countries, 60% are men, 40% are women and they range in age from 18 – 85 years (Linden Research 2007b). These demographics show the wide diversity that live in this online community that you are not likely to find anywhere else in the ‘real’ world. There is a daily list of public events, including games, parties, and contests which help to promote the feeling of a community (Linden Research 2007b). There are also many ways that virtual worlds interact with the ‘real’ world. In November 2007, a minister from the Maldives, Malta and the UK hosted a virtual climate change press conference in Second Life (Nickson 2007). The ministers felt that by using Second Life as their platform they were able to reach a much wider range of the world’s population to talk about the impact climate change is having (Nickson). While most virtual worlds cater to adults and have an 18+ requirement, there are alternatives for those that are younger. Second Life caters for these younger participants and has an exclusive community area for those under the age of 18 (Linden Research 2007b). Another is virtual world that caters to young people is Club Penguin. In Club Penguin participants create a penguin which they name, clothe and create a home for (Club Penguin 2007). They can also play games or work to earn coins that they can then purchase additional furniture, pets and clothes (Club Penguin). These communities can be a way of interacting with people from different backgrounds that participants would not normally meet. This can be beneficial in our globalised world as Mclaren (2003) found that having personal contact with people who are different to ourselves is one way for people to become more tolerant towards people from different cultures or communities.
Another online form of community is peer to peer sharing, commonly referred to as P2P. Using P2P, you can store sharing files on your computer that other users can access, as well as go online to search for and access other peoples sharing files (such as audio, visual or software) who are using the same P2P programs (Buckley & Clarke 2005). Some common P2P programs are Morpheus, Kazaa and LimeWire (Microsoft Corporation 2007). These programs are designed to share public domain material, however, it is possible to illegally access and download copy righted material and it is the users responsibility to know whether what they are downloading is legal (StreamCast Networks 2007). There have been many ethical debates on who is responsible when a file is illegally downloaded. Some people who download copy righted material justify it by saying that they are just trying it before they buy it while others openly state that they are not interested in supporting an industry that they feel does more harm than good (Buckley & Clarke). Corey Doctorow (as cited in AtGoogle Talks 2007) agrees with the latter and does not like the contradictions in morality that are posed by some in the music industry, such as those that are prosecuting people for downloading copyright music stating that people who behave in this way are taking away from the artists, yet the artists see none of the money that is paid in fines from illegal downloading.
Another legal issue within internet communities is the sharing of proprietary software. Even though Richard Stallman has created the FSF, many people are not aware that free software exists and they still ‘illegally’ share and distribute software programs such as Microsoft office. So while there is no question that downloading, or sharing, copyright material is illegal there are 1000’s of people every day doing it (Buckley & Clarke 2005). As Larry Lessig (2007) points out, maybe it is time that the laws are revised, as when the laws were written there was no internet, so that people are not criminalised for behaving in a manner that new technology now enables them so easily to do. Another problem with online communities is that some people who join them may not have good intentions. There have been cases of cyber bullying, one case in the media at present involves a 13 year old girl who hung herself after she was attacked verbally on her myspace page by other teenagers (AP Digital 2007). There are also people who to join P2P communities and access folders on people’s computers that they have not allocated to sharing, like bank records. While stealing and bullying may have occurred in traditional communities, it can be a lot harder now to track down the perpetrators as they could live in a different city, state or even country.
In conclusion it is clear that the internet has transformed the traditional concept of community by creating new forms of online communities (allowing instant contact between people from all over the world), as well as virtual communities. This counters the traditional notion of a community where people had to reside in the same locality, share governments, and or share a cultural heritage. Richard Stallman’s free software helped to generate an online sharing community through thee FSF. The internet created many ethical issues with copyright which led to the development of the Creative Commons. Other communities which could not be possible without the internet include virtual worlds and peer to peer sharing. The internet has had a positive effect on community as it has no borders, has revived a read/write existance and can help minimise intolerance. However it is clear that more research needs to be done to help educate people on the legalities, and morality, of sharing files over the internet and cyber bullying.
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Thursday, December 6, 2007
Friday, November 30, 2007
Day 10 Evaluation
Hopefully its not too late to write my evaluation :)
i have found this course very interesting as i did not know much about the internet before. i think i am now a lot more aware of the happenings online, some good some bad. i also like how we had to link up with others on our blogs, i really like reading other peoples blogs and looking at other peoples through links on others pages that arent linked to mine, we have created our own network, or community :)
I have felt a little lost at times though, one example is the extensive conversations that took place about the matrix, i have not seen this movie. and im not sure as to what is expected in these assessment items. i have struggled with motivation a bit, and i think part of the reason is not knowing whats expected, so hopefully ive done enough :)
Off to study for my assignment, still not sure of my topic, thinking i might focus on the community aspect of the internet, but i will see what references i can find on this topic.
i have found this course very interesting as i did not know much about the internet before. i think i am now a lot more aware of the happenings online, some good some bad. i also like how we had to link up with others on our blogs, i really like reading other peoples blogs and looking at other peoples through links on others pages that arent linked to mine, we have created our own network, or community :)
I have felt a little lost at times though, one example is the extensive conversations that took place about the matrix, i have not seen this movie. and im not sure as to what is expected in these assessment items. i have struggled with motivation a bit, and i think part of the reason is not knowing whats expected, so hopefully ive done enough :)
Off to study for my assignment, still not sure of my topic, thinking i might focus on the community aspect of the internet, but i will see what references i can find on this topic.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Exhilarating Day 9 part 2
I think the future of the internet can go one of 2 ways:
Stricter, harder to access, censorship of free speech, big companies taking over (like google) - no sites where just anybody can upload information - will be screened first, people will be scared with 'big brother' governments looking at all our correspondence, this may lead to people boycotting the internet altogether or the creation of smaller internets where people can only access a network of their friends, not a world wide web anymore. . . . . .
More free, everything can be shared, copyright laws will be dramatically altered, social network sights will be the way we communicate, possibly computers will become new telephones with life size video calling (like on the jetsons :), people will create their own movies - no need to pay actors, artists will want people to download their music for free as they have a message to get across and are happy that people want to listen to it, it wont be about making money as everything is accessible. . . . .
the possibilities are endless, and who knows what the future holds :)
Stricter, harder to access, censorship of free speech, big companies taking over (like google) - no sites where just anybody can upload information - will be screened first, people will be scared with 'big brother' governments looking at all our correspondence, this may lead to people boycotting the internet altogether or the creation of smaller internets where people can only access a network of their friends, not a world wide web anymore. . . . . .
More free, everything can be shared, copyright laws will be dramatically altered, social network sights will be the way we communicate, possibly computers will become new telephones with life size video calling (like on the jetsons :), people will create their own movies - no need to pay actors, artists will want people to download their music for free as they have a message to get across and are happy that people want to listen to it, it wont be about making money as everything is accessible. . . . .
the possibilities are endless, and who knows what the future holds :)
Exhilarating Day 9
Ok, maybe exhilarating is a bit of an overstatement but im running out of ideas!! :)
Today we looked at how technology can give us utopia or dystopia. I really liked the quote from Jurassic Park "they were so obsessed with the fact that they could do it, they forgot to consider whether they should", ethics - there is no right or wrong. . . . hard to determine, different for everyone, however i digress from the topic :)
The lecture was split in to the first media age (centralised dissemination) where there is one main source, and only a few people contributing to the source/sending message and the second media age (decentralised interaction) like the internet, which allows everyone to become senders and receivers of messages.
We then looked at some interesting internet statistics, such as the largest growth in internet use occurs in africa and the middle east, and that Australia/Oceania only make up .5% of the worlds internet usage.
Marshall McLuhan suggests there are actually 3 media ages: oral (preliterate), written (literate) and electric (visual literacy). This makes sense to me, once again im agreeing with mr Mcluhan :)
Next was looking at the need for 'new understandings' for this electronic age, mainly the discussion of is the internet the ultimate community equaliser? in an ideal world :) We then looked at utopia and dystopia, this stems from Plato's 'the republic' which is about creating an ideal society. i like the concept of the disneyisation of the world (all hazards of life are screened out) however i know this is not reality. One persons heaven is another persons hell, which makes it hard for those trying to create a cyber world. As to have a utopian society people cannot be allowed free will, as this may disrupt someone else's peaceful existance, so where do you draw the line???
Lastly we looked at a movie called Alphaville. This was made in the 60's and was about a society that was controlled by a computer. This was a very arty film with very loud dramatic music throughout, yet sweet music during the fight scene. There were no artists, painters or musicians (generally what can be referred to as 'free thinkers'), and words such as love and hate had been removed from peoples vocabularies!! i guess this would make society more peaceful (no strong emotions) but certainly less passionate and possibly boring :)
Today we looked at how technology can give us utopia or dystopia. I really liked the quote from Jurassic Park "they were so obsessed with the fact that they could do it, they forgot to consider whether they should", ethics - there is no right or wrong. . . . hard to determine, different for everyone, however i digress from the topic :)
The lecture was split in to the first media age (centralised dissemination) where there is one main source, and only a few people contributing to the source/sending message and the second media age (decentralised interaction) like the internet, which allows everyone to become senders and receivers of messages.
We then looked at some interesting internet statistics, such as the largest growth in internet use occurs in africa and the middle east, and that Australia/Oceania only make up .5% of the worlds internet usage.
Marshall McLuhan suggests there are actually 3 media ages: oral (preliterate), written (literate) and electric (visual literacy). This makes sense to me, once again im agreeing with mr Mcluhan :)
Next was looking at the need for 'new understandings' for this electronic age, mainly the discussion of is the internet the ultimate community equaliser? in an ideal world :) We then looked at utopia and dystopia, this stems from Plato's 'the republic' which is about creating an ideal society. i like the concept of the disneyisation of the world (all hazards of life are screened out) however i know this is not reality. One persons heaven is another persons hell, which makes it hard for those trying to create a cyber world. As to have a utopian society people cannot be allowed free will, as this may disrupt someone else's peaceful existance, so where do you draw the line???
Lastly we looked at a movie called Alphaville. This was made in the 60's and was about a society that was controlled by a computer. This was a very arty film with very loud dramatic music throughout, yet sweet music during the fight scene. There were no artists, painters or musicians (generally what can be referred to as 'free thinkers'), and words such as love and hate had been removed from peoples vocabularies!! i guess this would make society more peaceful (no strong emotions) but certainly less passionate and possibly boring :)
Invigorating Day 8 part 2
Given the conventional wisdom that traditional media are still the dominant form for getting "news" out to the world, do you think the internet will effect the audience for those old media?
Yes and No. i live with my grandma who originally didnt even want to look at the sydney morning herald online (she would go out and buy the paper every day), but now its become her morning ritual as its soo convenient and free. so while traditional media (such as newspapers) are moving with the times i think they will continue to be a dominant force. however, there is a lot more competition with access to sooo many news sources, i imagine that for younger generations (than my grandma who is loyal to the one paper, a sydney one even though she lives on the gold coast!!) they might be more interested in a less formal setting, such as blogs or the indy media site to get their news.
Check out the local IndyMedia website. What kind of news is there, and do you think a website like that has a place in your life?
Yes, i like it, it looks a little left of centre, like me :) but while i like the content, i am a little wary and aware that the content may not be true and the sources may be questionable. this is probably highlighted by the fact that my mum is a journalist, and while i know a lot of them have a reputation for twisting the truth to get a better story, i have a different opinion aware of the fact that journalists have a code of ethics that a lot of them actually stand by!! but i do think i will come back, maybe even once a month to see what's there.
Do you think the internet is (was?) an effective tool for politicians to reach out to their intended audience?
I'm not sure. i think it was great for them to try to reach out to younger audiences, but i dont actually know anyone who looked at either of the leaders you tube speeches. and from what i gathered those people that did just looked to laugh, not to listen to what was said. but i also think it was a way of letting the people know (or making them think) that politicans are interested and care about our youth, as well as that they are 'moving with the times'.
What do you think about blogs as a way for people to get information out? What about their role as political commentary?
I think its a great way for people to get their opinions out, but i think its important to realise that it is just their opinion, not necessarily fact. i also think its a great way for people to discuss their political ideas, the good and the bad, as people might bring up ideas that others have not thought of. its also a way of making a statement, like a friend of mine who on facebook has just joined a group called 'dont blame me - i voted liberal', i try not to hold this against her!! :)
Yes and No. i live with my grandma who originally didnt even want to look at the sydney morning herald online (she would go out and buy the paper every day), but now its become her morning ritual as its soo convenient and free. so while traditional media (such as newspapers) are moving with the times i think they will continue to be a dominant force. however, there is a lot more competition with access to sooo many news sources, i imagine that for younger generations (than my grandma who is loyal to the one paper, a sydney one even though she lives on the gold coast!!) they might be more interested in a less formal setting, such as blogs or the indy media site to get their news.
Check out the local IndyMedia website. What kind of news is there, and do you think a website like that has a place in your life?
Yes, i like it, it looks a little left of centre, like me :) but while i like the content, i am a little wary and aware that the content may not be true and the sources may be questionable. this is probably highlighted by the fact that my mum is a journalist, and while i know a lot of them have a reputation for twisting the truth to get a better story, i have a different opinion aware of the fact that journalists have a code of ethics that a lot of them actually stand by!! but i do think i will come back, maybe even once a month to see what's there.
Do you think the internet is (was?) an effective tool for politicians to reach out to their intended audience?
I'm not sure. i think it was great for them to try to reach out to younger audiences, but i dont actually know anyone who looked at either of the leaders you tube speeches. and from what i gathered those people that did just looked to laugh, not to listen to what was said. but i also think it was a way of letting the people know (or making them think) that politicans are interested and care about our youth, as well as that they are 'moving with the times'.
What do you think about blogs as a way for people to get information out? What about their role as political commentary?
I think its a great way for people to get their opinions out, but i think its important to realise that it is just their opinion, not necessarily fact. i also think its a great way for people to discuss their political ideas, the good and the bad, as people might bring up ideas that others have not thought of. its also a way of making a statement, like a friend of mine who on facebook has just joined a group called 'dont blame me - i voted liberal', i try not to hold this against her!! :)
Invigorating Day 8
Today we looked at the internet and cyber-democracy. I guess with a title like that it is no wonder we got on to the subject of democracy in a real world sense. This is a subject i feel quite strongly about (especially human rights) and i probably ended up being a bit too involved :)
we started off by defining democracy, and the right of citizens to engage in a democratic political process. Effectively ther are no borders in the internet, therefore maybe it should be considered a nation in its own right, and if so should people vote on a leader or other ideas on the internet??
We then moved on to a group discussion (as with most days :) on various issues of democracy on the internet. Looking at academic censorship amongst other things.
Lastly we watched a you tube movie of a speech by Corey Doctorow based on the 'morals' of the internet and the contradictions that are found. I found him a very passionate speeker, but i found him hard to follow at the start as he spoke really fast and kept looking all round the room. I agreed with his sentiment of mcdonalds toys (that people are paid next to nothing to make these toys that are used to promote a multinational multimillion dollar business!!) and i make a point of not taking my kids to that business's that operate in this way. I also liked the point he made about the music industry turning thousands of our youth (well all people) into criminals or 'black marketeers'. Especially as the music people claim to be looking after the interests of the artists (even though none of the money made by prosecuting people end up with the artists) as well as protecting our kids from losing their morals, coming from an industry which promotes sex, drugs and rock and roll!!!!!!!
we started off by defining democracy, and the right of citizens to engage in a democratic political process. Effectively ther are no borders in the internet, therefore maybe it should be considered a nation in its own right, and if so should people vote on a leader or other ideas on the internet??
We then moved on to a group discussion (as with most days :) on various issues of democracy on the internet. Looking at academic censorship amongst other things.
Lastly we watched a you tube movie of a speech by Corey Doctorow based on the 'morals' of the internet and the contradictions that are found. I found him a very passionate speeker, but i found him hard to follow at the start as he spoke really fast and kept looking all round the room. I agreed with his sentiment of mcdonalds toys (that people are paid next to nothing to make these toys that are used to promote a multinational multimillion dollar business!!) and i make a point of not taking my kids to that business's that operate in this way. I also liked the point he made about the music industry turning thousands of our youth (well all people) into criminals or 'black marketeers'. Especially as the music people claim to be looking after the interests of the artists (even though none of the money made by prosecuting people end up with the artists) as well as protecting our kids from losing their morals, coming from an industry which promotes sex, drugs and rock and roll!!!!!!!
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Enjoyable Day 7
Well, i cant really say today was enjoyable as i did not attend!! sometimes life is just tooo busy to fit everything in!! and i can admit i dont like missing lectures, and i now feel very lost :) especially as there was only 1 page of lecture notes and no readings for today. however i will do my best to use the lecture notes and other peoples blogs as a guide.
Today instead of discussing net art and electronic literature (which sort of ruins my plan of using the lecture notes :), you guys looked at electronic music. this was done mainly through videos on you tube and looking at a documentary by Lara Lee titled Modulations which was on the history of electronic music. the you tube videos sound like they were very funny and i wish i had of seen them!!
Noone seems to have done any of the tutorial tasks today, but they seem very similar to the last 2 tasks weve done, so im wondering if i need to do them??
Im wondering if people got their marks back today from the first assessment task of blogging?? im also wondering if the assignment was discussed as further questions were put up on learning @ gu? noone seems to have discussed any of these points in their blogs. this is why i dislike missing lectures, too many questions left unanswered!!! unfortunately i dont think i can come tomorrow either!!! oh no, but i will try, and i can definitely come thurs and fri this week.
Today instead of discussing net art and electronic literature (which sort of ruins my plan of using the lecture notes :), you guys looked at electronic music. this was done mainly through videos on you tube and looking at a documentary by Lara Lee titled Modulations which was on the history of electronic music. the you tube videos sound like they were very funny and i wish i had of seen them!!
Noone seems to have done any of the tutorial tasks today, but they seem very similar to the last 2 tasks weve done, so im wondering if i need to do them??
Im wondering if people got their marks back today from the first assessment task of blogging?? im also wondering if the assignment was discussed as further questions were put up on learning @ gu? noone seems to have discussed any of these points in their blogs. this is why i dislike missing lectures, too many questions left unanswered!!! unfortunately i dont think i can come tomorrow either!!! oh no, but i will try, and i can definitely come thurs and fri this week.
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