Week 4, Chpt 5 Flashcards
Social Network Analysis
The social environment can be expressed as patterns of regularities in relationships among interacting units.
Modularity
The properties of a project that determine the extent to which it can be broken down into smaller pieces that can be independently produced before they are assembled as a whole.
DIY culture has a history of being
rebellious
Social Captial
Features of social life that enable participants to act together more effectively to produce shared interests.
What is the difference between a group and a network?
In a group everyone knows each other directly whereas in a network people are associated through friends of friends.
Meltcafe’s Law
Value of network increases as number of connections increase.
A Networked Information Economy
Benkler. Knowledge over objects. From consumers to users. Collaborative, non-proprietary, not market driven.
What are some criticisms of the network model?
Power dynamics reproduce themselves within these networks.
Existing inequalities will reproduce themselves.
Participatory Media
Henry Jenkins. Has a long history of DIY culture.
De-professionalized
De-institutionalized
De-capitalization
What are some criticisms of participatory media?
The content we create is only monetized, not owned, by us. Work without pay.
Public Sphere
Jurgen Habermas. Private citizens may come together to discuss affairs.
What is a critique of the public sphere?
Who is able to participate? Women? POC?
Subaltern Counter Publics
Nancy Fraser. Spaces where people who may not be included in formal debates can get together and converse.
4 properties of unmediated publics
Persistence
Searchibility
Replicability
Invisible Audiences
