Unit 6 Social media and globalisation

-Crowdfunding platforms/ e.g: Kickstarter are allowing creative users to gain funding for projects by donations. This gets rid of third party sponsors like dragons den in which they take a percentage of the profits, these platforms allow normal people without professional links to creative projects that could earn millions.  -Crowdsourcing is when people find personal for projects to collaborate on.  -Crowdfunding is when people gain donations from people to begin work on projects that they would then sell.  For example:

Rheingold 1991 foresaw that sharing tech, software, ideas and content and termed the phrase electronic agora (technology meeting places) This theory came to truth quickly because of web 2.0 and how it introduced forums and chat rooms that allowed people to talk and conect. Second life (i am learning before i am learning) Eve Online (bitcoin before bitcoin) Online forums: -Reddit/ https://www.reddit.com -4chan/ https://www.4channel.org -game spot/ https://www.gamespot.com

Positives of a Global village: 1. Connectivity of ideas and people [Breaking down geographical backgrounds] 2. Sharing of tech and innovation  3. Financing, Personnel, Generation, of Funding  David Gauntlet is a web-utopian who believes that geographical boundaries are non existence thanks to social media and connectivity.  LO2: Connectivity of ideas? Digital Trendsetting (influencers, vloggers, twitter, Instagram)  -Influences are able to set trends and create new content to entertain their audience. An example of this would be people like Joe Weller and KSI who popularized the YouTuber boxing matches which were able to connect people on social media like Twitter and Instagram, creating conversations and memes about the boxing matches. This shows how web-utopianism is helpful for people as it is able to create content that connects people and creates ideas.   -Collaborative production websites like Beatstars are places where content creators are able to co...

Marshall McLuhan wrote a book called "understanding media: the extensions of man"(1964) which suggested that one day we would live in a "global village" due to advancements in technology. It stated that we would one day become interconnected on a global scale and talk to each other across the world.  He theorised that it would lead to a "tribal mentality" in which groups would become disconnected and form different views. This is seen today in the " Twitterati" which control popular topics on Twitter. Pros of a Global village -Global communication -Distribution of content from other countries  -Easy access to information -We know about information of other countries faster than ever  Cons of a Global village -Trolls and bullys -Misinformation -Hate groups and divides  -Influence -other countries contain more power over others  -The global village doesn't really exist due to the "Technological divide"

Do Now: Unit 6 social media and globalization What does Soundcloud do? Soundcloud is an artists first music streaming service that lets people upload or listen to music for completely free. It helps smaller independent artists form collaborations on a global scale, with SoundCloud you can become a prosumer and use other audio editing services to make music you can upload to Soundcloud, allowing ordinary people to form their own artist brand.  What is a prosumer and what theory does it link to? Prosumers are ordinary people who form their own brand by using interactive media products wiki-nomics by Tapscott and Williams within their book they wrote in 2006 during the rise of web 2.0 which introduced interactivity. How does globalization link to social media? You can collaborate internatialy, distribute to specific audiences and make monetization through different cultures.   cultural imperialism is the idea that one culture has the influence to distribute ideology from the...

Accessibility: Accessibility means that  people can do what they need to do in a similar amount of time and effort  as someone that does not have a disability. It means that people are empowered, can be independent, and will not be frustrated by something that is poorly designed or implemented. (Allowing universal access and allowing anyone to get into it) The equality act: 2010 The Act makes it unlawful to discriminate against someone on the grounds of any of these characteristics:  age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion/belief, sex (gender) and sexual orientation .  Accessibility options in PC, Video games, Phones? Text to speech options and voice activated search features allow people who may be visually or  audibly impaired to access search engines or games. Captions or comments below an image can be used by a screen reader for people who are blind, adjustable text and font ...