Friday, 20 February 2009
Bruns -B. - towards produsage.
I think the idea of no limitations and complete control discussed in my previous post regarding produsers and produsage isn't entirely true and can be critised, due to the amount of moderations and admin controls on the internet. Turkles idea that the internet allows you to have complete freedom is therefore gone against completely, with Burns arguing that "there needs to be a balance between openness and structure for the sites to work". Personally, I don't think having moderations on sites completely defeats the purpose of "produsers" and "produsage" as there is still a really high amount of control possessed by the individual, especially if you think of the lack of freedom in other medium forms like television, magazines and the radio. I think some moderation is needed, as the main focus is to get a large audience and group of participants, and although there are limitations, such as design and layout, enforcing boundaries, frameworks and guidlines is a good thing.
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i have to agree with Burns arguing that "there needs to be a balance between openness and structure for the sites to work". exposing the audience to completely open information might be harmful to themselves as well as other people involved. Full graphic coverage or war and conflict is very disturbing and could have adverse effects on the audience, so some material has to be censored to the public to protect them from what could potentially damage their psychology as well as cause uproar in society.
ReplyDeletether eis also the issue about children accessing harmful material on the internet. without these sites being moderated, there is no stopping a child accessing it. x
ReplyDeleteExactly Dani, I think moderation is needed to protect us from harmful content and ensure we don't access things we shouldn't see x
ReplyDeletedo you think that moderating all sites would be a good thing though? or do you think it would ruin the whole 'freedom of speech' issue? some sites are allowed to write what they like, and although this could upset people, it's still allowing people to express themselves...hmmm, tricky one!
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