Intellectual Property, Plagiarism, and Web Justice?: A Tale of Two Tarts
While enjoying my obligatory “I’m not working tonight because it is Thursday and that means I don’t have to get up and do anything immediately in the morning” beer I ran across a pretty fascinating story that highlights intellectual property, plagiarism, and blog-based justice. Apparently Cook’s Source Magazine – a small independent publication out of Sunderland MA that publishes recipes, cooking tips, etc. –... Read More
CCR711 – Hawisher et.al. – Globalization and Literacy
Hawisher, Gail E., et al. “Globalization and Agency: Designing and Redesigning the Literacies of Cyberspace.” College English 68 6 (2006): 619-36. Print. The authors are operating on the assumption that computer networks are increasingly the sites where people from a global context constitute their digital selves through literacy practices; furthermore, individuals located within a complex constellation of “existing social, cultural,... Read More
Webb, Schirato, and Danaher – Understanding Bourdieu
Webb, Jen, Tony Schirato, and Geoff Danaher Understanding Bourdieu. Thousand Oaks, Calif., 2002. Print. This introduction to famed sociologist Pierre Bourdieu provides an overview of some of his most important conceptualizations including: cultural fields, cultural capital, symbolic capital, habitus, and practice. In addition, this work also provides an overview of the different strands of thinking that informed Bourdieu’s work and how his own... Read More
Ng – Rational Sharing and Its Limits
Ng, Wai-Yin. “Rational Sharing and Its Limits.” First Monday 11.6 (2006). 5 June 2006. In this article Ng sketches an picture of sharing based economies in digital environments. The author argues that sharing often increases the motivation by more sharing; conversely, if sharing declines, the willingness of other individuals in a share economy is also likely to decline; however, Ng asks where the line is between sharing to create more... Read More
Kobayashi, Ikeda, and Kakuko – Social Capital Online
Kobayashi, Tetsuro, Ken’ichi Ikeda, and Miyata Kakuko. “Social Capital Online: Collective Use of the Internet and Reciprocity as Lubricants of Democracy.” Information, Communication, and Society 9 5 (2006): 582-611. Print. In this article Kobayashi, Ikeda, and Kakuko argue that the internet promotes social capital in that trust and reciprocity are cultivated through participation in online communities. The authors also point... Read More
