Comments on: Participatory Media and UGC: Myth or Building to Symbiosis? http://bracken.wordpress.com/2007/10/31/participatory-media-and-ugc-myth-or-building-to-symbiosis/ John Bracken's thoughts on the media & technology Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:37:24 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: eszterh http://bracken.wordpress.com/2007/10/31/participatory-media-and-ugc-myth-or-building-to-symbiosis/#comment-43740 eszterh Thu, 22 Nov 2007 03:17:47 +0000 http://bracken.wordpress.com/2007/10/31/participatory-media-and-ugc-myth-or-building-to-symbiosis/#comment-43740 This whole issue of content creation vs/and sharing is quite complex. I'm starting to realize this as I do more and more work on it. With my student Gina Walejko we just finished a paper on this based on UIC data. I look forward to sharing the findings with you! (Yes, this is teaser.;-) This whole issue of content creation vs/and sharing is quite complex. I’m starting to realize this as I do more and more work on it. With my student Gina Walejko we just finished a paper on this based on UIC data. I look forward to sharing the findings with you! (Yes, this is teaser.;-)

]]> By: Seth Finkelstein http://bracken.wordpress.com/2007/10/31/participatory-media-and-ugc-myth-or-building-to-symbiosis/#comment-41826 Seth Finkelstein Thu, 01 Nov 2007 10:21:13 +0000 http://bracken.wordpress.com/2007/10/31/participatory-media-and-ugc-myth-or-building-to-symbiosis/#comment-41826 The problem with discussing this topic is that there's a cadre of hucksters who are dedicated to fogging, confusing, and conflating the understanding, in the service of marketing. It's no grand statement to say that unpaid freelancing exists. But that's not good hype-fodder. Creating a whole edifice of the-little-people-WORK-FOR-YOU-FOR-FREE!!! (which is what "user-generated-content" means to them, in practice) - well, that will get you a conference spot, a consulting gig, etc. Hence this cycle of creative fiction, debunking, retreat, etc. It's all very understandable when looked at from the business angle, though that doesn't make it any more bearable. The problem with discussing this topic is that there’s a cadre of hucksters who are dedicated to fogging, confusing, and conflating the understanding, in the service of marketing.

It’s no grand statement to say that unpaid freelancing exists. But that’s not good hype-fodder. Creating a whole edifice of the-little-people-WORK-FOR-YOU-FOR-FREE!!! (which is what “user-generated-content” means to them, in practice) – well, that will get you a conference spot, a consulting gig, etc.

Hence this cycle of creative fiction, debunking, retreat, etc.

It’s all very understandable when looked at from the business angle, though that doesn’t make it any more bearable.

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