p.27 What do you understand by ‘non-linear, non-sequential reading and writing?’ Does it capture the experience of the Web?
The above quote is a fair representation of how most web pages appear. When we are presented with them, we see a single page, primarily a "home page" which acts as a central hub of navigation towards the rest of the site, using links dotted around the page or organised together around the page. There is no specific order for us to read these links, we can follow the route as planned by the order the links appear, or we can turn from the beaten track and read them in our own way. There is no specific way to read a web page as there are so many trains of thought you can catch away from the home page.
p.33 If new media allows more people to be involved in cultural production (compared to mass media) what are these new voices saying in public? In a DIY and click-to-send setting, what kind of things are people sharing with others that comes from their private/domestic world and might otherwise not be distributed?
From the creation of pages such as MYspace, YOUtube, and FACEbook, we have seen a profound increase in individual journalism. Anyone can log onto any of these sites, create their own page and upload their own material as they see fit. Youtube especially allows us to upload any video consisting of any material made from any topic, as long as it follows the websites guidelines, for it to be freely distributed to anyone who wishes to access it. Simple things like a video of a family event or a pet's antics to video blogs of critique of a government and other such items can be uploaded and seen by everyone across the world with a computer.
p. 42 (and preceding discussion of interactivity) Is there such a thing as ‘ideal interactivity’? What form might it take? You can also refer to Meikle’s four types in the week 2 lecture.
I do not think there is such a thing as ideal interactivity in any form. There are certain rules around interactions, like the syntax of conversation. Speakers wait their turn, do not generally interrupt and so on. But in normal, non virtual conversation these rules aren't perfectly adhered to, so why should online conversation be any different? Users dont have a way of knowing if the person they are talking to will be typing at the same time, it is just a case of keeping up with the conversation at hand.
2 comments:
Nathan,
This is again useful to see that you've been doing the suggested reading. I probably would suggest that you try to break your blog posts up, to make them easier to read and comment on. However, your comments are useful....I agree with what you say about there being 'no specific way to read a web page' and wondered if you could develop this further. You write very well, in a academic yet easy to understand manner. A good considered response.
All the best
Emma.
Hey Emma,
now that Im further on in the course I can see that the comment about there being "no specific way to read a web page" ties in with the issues of the semantic web raised in week 10's tasks. WIthout an expression attached to a reading as humans we cannot be entirely sure how to use it. The ideas of a dominant and subordinate reading also came into my mind as I wrote this the first time.
Nathan
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