Digital Communication 2001A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Cyberculture, Diy Ethic, Jaron Lanier
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Web 2. 0 and its antecedents: facebook, privacy and the californian ideology. Not really democratized in web 2. 0, governed, limited. Widespread ideology of increased communication, positive social changes from before 2. 0, started by richard bardeau and cameron, tech people in silicon. Neoliberal/capitalist, rift that developed between people who wanted software to be free and those who didn"t. Open-source software is when the source code is available to study, change, and distribute. Effects: reliability can be a risk like on wiki, anyone can change and redistribute. Open access is access to the program as it stands. The internet revolutionizes by digitizing those institutions, libraries, malls, conversation, education, ect. Cheaper, more accessible, all ways in which internet can re-liven up dying institutions. Architecture of participation, and going beyond the page metaphor of web 1. 0 to deliver rich user experiences. Comprehensive vision, a way of looking at things. Set of ideas proposed by the dominant class to all members of society as common sense.