COMS 401 Lecture Notes - Fan Fiction, Web 2.0
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The term participation has emerged as a government concept, albeit one surrounding by conflicting expectations the empowered consumer faces a series of struggles to preserve and broaden this perceived right to participate. jenkins, p. 175. Fan fiction is the desire to share your love (or hate) for something. Web 2. 0 web commons" did not speak to a change in the technology of the internet, but a shift in the way we discuss its usage. Ultimately, web 2. 0 discourse seeks to develop a new, more empowered, more socially connected and more creative image of the consumer. We are no longer just accessing web content, we are now contributing, editing, adding, talking back, and evaluating the content. Producers tap into this response free work for them: example: tv show heroes" people made their own heroes and submitted it to. Nbc, but people didn"t like losing the rights to their own material.