Journal•ISSN: 1354-8565
Convergence
SAGE Publishing
About: Convergence is an academic journal. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Adult education & New media. It has an ISSN identifier of 1354-8565. Over the lifetime, 1647 publications have been published receiving 23470 citations.
Topics: Adult education, New media, Social media, The Internet, Literacy
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TL;DR: An introduction to crowdsourcing is provided, both its theoretical grounding and exemplar cases, taking care to distinguish crowdsourcing from open source production.
Abstract: Crowdsourcing is an online, distributed problem-solving and production model that has emerged in recent years. Notable examples of the model include Threadless, iStockphoto, InnoCentive, the Goldcorp Challenge, and user-generated advertising contests. This article provides an introduction to crowdsourcing, both its theoretical grounding and exemplar cases, taking care to distinguish crowdsourcing from open source production. This article also explores the possibilities for the model, its potential to exploit a crowd of innovators, and its potential for use beyond forprofit sectors. Finally, this article proposes an agenda for research into crowdsourcing.
2,019 citations
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TL;DR: The authors examine the use of Twitter by famous people to conceptualize celebrity as a practice and find that celebrity practitioners reveal what appears to be personal information to create a sense of intimacy between participant and follower, publicly acknowledge fans, and use language and cultural references to create affiliations with followers.
Abstract: Social media technologies let people connect by creating and sharing content. We examine the use of Twitter by famous people to conceptualize celebrity as a practice. On Twitter, celebrity is practiced through the appearance and performance of ‘backstage’ access. Celebrity practitioners reveal what appears to be personal information to create a sense of intimacy between participant and follower, publicly acknowledge fans, and use language and cultural references to create affiliations with followers. Interactions with other celebrity practitioners and personalities give the impression of candid, uncensored looks at the people behind the personas. But the indeterminate ‘authenticity’ of these performances appeals to some audiences, who enjoy the game playing intrinsic to gossip consumption. While celebrity practice is theoretically open to all, it is not an equalizer or democratizing discourse. Indeed, in order to successfully practice celebrity, fans must recognize the power differentials intrinsic to the...
786 citations
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TL;DR: This essay examines the privacy concerns voiced following the September 2006 launch of the `News Feeds' feature and concludes that the `privacy trainwreck' that people experienced was the cost of social convergence.
Abstract: Not all Facebook users appreciated the September 2006 launch of the `News Feeds' feature. Concerned about privacy implications, thousands of users vocalized their discontent through the site itself, forcing the company to implement privacy tools. This essay examines the privacy concerns voiced following these events. Because the data made easily visible were already accessible with effort, what disturbed people was primarily the sense of exposure and invasion. In essence, the `privacy trainwreck' that people experienced was the cost of social convergence.
464 citations
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TL;DR: In this article, the East Africa Collection, Dr. Wilbert Chagula library at the University of Ghana has published a book, "EAF PAM LA1842.N48".
Abstract: Available in print form, East Africana Collection, Dr. Wilbert Chagula library
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428 citations
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors demonstrate how the notion of "phatic communion" has become an increasingly significant part of digital media culture alongside the rise of online networking practices, arguing that the social contexts of individualization and network sociality, alongside the technological developments associated with pervasive communication and connected presence, has led to an online media culture increasingly dominated by phatic communications.
Abstract: This article will demonstrate how the notion of 'phatic communion' has become an increasingly significant part of digital media culture alongside the rise of online networking practices. Through a consideration of the new media objects of blogs, social networking profiles and microblogs, along with their associated practices, I will argue, that the social contexts of 'individualization' and 'network sociality', alongside the technological developments associated with pervasive communication and 'connected presence' has led to an online media culture increasingly dominated by phatic communications. That is, communications which have purely social (networking) and not informational or dialogic intents. I conclude with a discussion of the potential nihilistic consequences of such a culture.
364 citations