dark side of social media
Posted by popkitchen | Filed under academic
When I considered whether to apply to Glocal conference and what to present, I already finished my thesis, which addressed the web 2.0 phenomena in a critical way, in the context of economy governing this ecosystem. More precisely, I focused on the idea of economic value of user-generated content. Since, I did not want [...]
Tags: glocal09, nationalism, serbia, social media
glocal09 - the rest of the conference
Posted by popkitchen | Filed under academic
I started writing for a new blog post on the lectures of the second and the third day of Glocal, yet I stopped as the presentations were interested, while during free time, I would rather eat at Skopje’s fantastic restaurants or hang out with my great host. So, here is the summary of the rest.
Day02
Second [...]
Tags: glocal09, skopje, social media
my first conference
Posted by popkitchen | Filed under academic
Following a really busy Tuesday, I hopped on the bus and by Wednesday morning, I landed in Skopje, Macedonia to attend a Glocal conference at New York University in Skopje. This year’s topic is “Inside Social Media”.
I had to sleep a bit, so I missed introductory speeches, as well as few presentations, apparently the [...]
Tags: glocal, skopje, social media
MA Update#2
Posted by popkitchen | Filed under academic, web 2.0
Two weeks ago, I have presented my dissertation, entitled “Economic Value of User-Generated Content: An Investigation Into Productive Practices of the Users of MOG website” at my home University: Universita degli Studi di Firenze.
After researching the topic for three months in London, then writing it back home in Belgrade (admittedly, it took longer than it [...]
Tags: MA, user-generated content, web 2.0
Where did you study Andrew Keen?
Posted by popkitchen | Filed under academic, books, films, web 2.0
here is no way to write or speak about web 2.0 without mentioning Andrew Keen and his book (pamphlet?!) The Cult of the Amateur. I am finishing a part of my second chapter , explaining the concept of user-generated content. In all the debates, his position is the most extreme and thought provoking, so he [...]
Tags: andrew keen, MA thesis, the cult of an amateur, university of london, user-ge, web
MA Update#1
Posted by popkitchen | Filed under academic, web 2.0
Last Friday, I started a survey on the website I will be using as a case study – MOG.com, to illustrate the value of user-generated content, how users reflect on the practices surrounding UGC, why do they participate in creating content…. If you are a MOGger and haven’t participated in the survey, please do so [...]
Tags: Facebook, Lessig, MA thesis, MOG, Twitter, user-generated content
reading list
Posted by popkitchen | Filed under academic, books, web 2.0
Recently, we have seen an onslaught of books about social media and its impact on society and (somewhat more importantly) business. Some of these accounts are more academic, some are more pop. My idea is to give you a sketch on those, which I read for my thesis. The working title is “Economic Value of [...]
Tags: free labor, MA thesis, produsage, web 2.0, wikinomics we-think clay shirky geert lovink blogging
CoMundus blogs
Posted by popkitchen | Filed under academic, blogging, web 2.0
CoMundus is a consortium of European universities on which you can pursue an MA program entitled Media, Communication and Cultural Studies. If you are “third country” national (yeah sounds a lot like “third world” country, in short non-EU, non-EU candidate) and lucky, you can get an Erazmus Mundus scholarship, which would make your life a [...]
the end of (facebook) innocence
Posted by popkitchen | Filed under academic, web 2.0
Facebook really took off when its creators opened it to users outside university/school networks, which was also marked with the proliferation of applications. People use Facebook to kill time, but majority use it to see what their friends are up to, to stay in touch with people, who moved away, went to school or are [...]
Tags: Facebook, free labor, lovink, user-generated content, web 2.0
what’s next for music
Posted by popkitchen | Filed under academic, music, popcult, web 2.0
Faced with the widespread torrent or p2p network downloads, record companies are teaming up with social networks trying to monetize on the increasing online participation.
MySpace Music being the last foray in this area.
As a social network, MySpace has been associated with teenagers and unsigned musicians, who hoped to be spotted and propelled into stardom (there [...]
Tags: Facebook, Last.fm, MA thesis, MOG, music, MySpace, online music services, social networking
