"Let's start by making a distinction between participatory culture and Web 2.0. Today's participatory culture is the result of more than a hundred years of struggle" ...
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Justin Nalepa's curator insight,
December 20, 2012 11:32 AM
In applying this to documentary filmmaking, I think the "Varied Monetization" section to be particularly interesting. As most documentary films don't have a very long or wide release in theatres, exploring other venues for splitting up the rights to your project may prove to be a more successful and lucrative option for most independent filmmakers.
Jeni Mawter's curator insight,
December 20, 2012 9:38 PM
Awesome infographic to show how the declining film industry is fighting back!
Dolly Bhasin 's curator insight,
December 23, 2012 11:23 PM
Gr8 Infographics on how Documentary films are using Technology |
A key assumption in Jenkin's book, Spreadable Media, is that words matter, that the metaphors we use shape the assumptions we make and thus the actions we take, all the more so in the context of an emerging and still ill-defined phenomenon.
Claims today we use words to describe the internet that are not only misleading but damaging. For example he despises the terminology user-generated content.
Problem with Web 2.0: It is a business model which seeks to capture and capitalize on the public's desire to participate. In doing so, it has provided some key affordances which have helped to expand the communicative capacities of everyday people, but it has also set restrictions or extracted tolls from their participation in ways which have been highly destructive