Week 2 notes
TTSNDM week 2 The Platform Society.pdf week 2 slides for more info Theoretical importance: • Cultural Shifts: Digital media have become an inextricable part of cultural production, distribution, and consumption. Platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram have altered how people create and share cultural artefacts, affecting collective identity and social relations (Castells, 2011). • Communication Models: Social networking platforms have moved communication from traditional one-to-many models to a many-to-many paradigm (Boyd and Ellison, 2007). This shift affects how information is distributed and perceived and acted upon. • Media Ecology: New media platforms are altering the media ecology, creating an environment where traditional media and new digital forms coexist and interact in complex ways (Jenkins, 2008). • Human Agency: The exploration of user-generated content and participatory culture reveals nuanced interactions between technology and human...