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I wrote a really fun paper last semester for Faye Ginsburg’s Anthropology of Media class on Google Idol> (see some of my del.icio.us links here). I got really into Henry Jenkins’ work on...
View Articleuser-created advertising content
The Diva Marketing Blog has an interesting post on online marketing campaigns that encourage users to create their own advertisements. This has been happening on YouTube and Google Idol for a while now...
View Articleok go and the use of participatory culture by bands
Coolfer had a nice piece on OK Go this morning. You may remember them from such indie rock hits as “Get Over It” [wmp link] and, well, nothing else. Unless you’re the kind of person who gets most of...
View ArticleJohn Edwards, Bloggers, and Democracy
The recent skuffle over John Edwards’ decision to hire the bloggers behind Pandagon and Shakespeare’s Sister illuminates the differences between the political blogosphere and the conventional mores of...
View ArticleIncentivizing Creativity
Got into a juicy argument today in my Information Law & Policy class over the idea that dismantling the copyright system (bear with me) will prevent artists from making money off their works. This...
View ArticleLJ Strike and the Limits of User Revolts
I’ve been following the Livejournal Content Strike with interest. For those of you who aren’t LJ nerds, LiveJournal was started by Brad Fitzpatrick, a computer science student at the University of...
View ArticleI Want to Believe
There’s a new X-Files movie coming out on July 25. I was an enormous X-Files fan in college, and I’m very excited about it. I’ve been watching old episodes in preparation, and they really hold up. This...
View ArticleInterview at the Free Culture Conference
Jacob Caggiano tracked me down at the Berkeley Free Culture summit and asked me some questions about Free Culture. In reviewing the video, it’s clear that I did not answer the journalism question (how...
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