Why new media is so important (and how my friends inspire me)
So you guys should check this out! celtic_cookie and sophie_448 are starting a joint vlog where they talk about things like new media, gender, music, genre TV, crossword puzzles, and pretty much whatever other cool stuff comes to mind. The channel is dearbiffle, and the first one is up here!
Web 2.0 and new media are something I ABSOLUTELY believe in. Every time we make a post, every time we comment on someone else's post (even if it's just a simple ♥!), every time we update our Twitters or make a video or WHATEVER--no matter what the content is, we're contributing to this massive pool of STUFF that we all can draw from freely. It's the fastest, most unbiased form of sharing news, information, and creative content there is, and the reason it IS that way is because, for the most part, we're all just ordinary PEOPLE typing on our computers and texting our thoughts to Twitter. Popularity and quality aside, no one's voice is worth more than anyone else's.
To give a fannish-specific example, let's say I write a fic, post it, and get some comments. Yay! I've contributed, and so have all those other people! Then let's say that my fic, for whatever reason, inspires someone to rec it/remix it/make art/borrow some aspect of my characterization, and then THEY post. Or let's say I write down some of my thinky thoughts about a character on a TV show (for example), and then other people come in, comment, and transform the conversation into being about larger, real world issues (ahem ♥). Or let's say that someone watches Misha Collins' short film that I am not at all linking in an attempt to get him more views (is it working?) and then makes their own two minute movie that tells the story of the guy in the van. OR WHATEVER.
THAT'S the real beauty of new media, fannish or not. We inspire and feed off and debate with each other, and an amazing, creative, content-producing community of like minds is born all because someone once stepped up and said, "You know, this is what I think about this, and here's my post about it," and a couple of other people said, "Hey, I think that, too! But what do you think about THIS?" I believe that's how the very first fandoms started way back before there was an internet at all, and that's how we've grown and thrived in the new media age, to the extent of fandom-minded people building their own spaces on the web.
In fact, this post in and of itself is an EXCELLENT example. Kate made a video with her thoughts, and I commented there. Then, when I was reccing it, it got me thinking more, so I (accidentally) wrote a blog post. It becomes a CONVERSATION, not just people on TV or in books telling us that this is how we should think and what we should do, the end.
Um, now I'm going to make another post in a second with the other stuff I wanted to share. XD
Web 2.0 and new media are something I ABSOLUTELY believe in. Every time we make a post, every time we comment on someone else's post (even if it's just a simple ♥!), every time we update our Twitters or make a video or WHATEVER--no matter what the content is, we're contributing to this massive pool of STUFF that we all can draw from freely. It's the fastest, most unbiased form of sharing news, information, and creative content there is, and the reason it IS that way is because, for the most part, we're all just ordinary PEOPLE typing on our computers and texting our thoughts to Twitter. Popularity and quality aside, no one's voice is worth more than anyone else's.
To give a fannish-specific example, let's say I write a fic, post it, and get some comments. Yay! I've contributed, and so have all those other people! Then let's say that my fic, for whatever reason, inspires someone to rec it/remix it/make art/borrow some aspect of my characterization, and then THEY post. Or let's say I write down some of my thinky thoughts about a character on a TV show (for example), and then other people come in, comment, and transform the conversation into being about larger, real world issues (ahem ♥). Or let's say that someone watches Misha Collins' short film that I am not at all linking in an attempt to get him more views (is it working?) and then makes their own two minute movie that tells the story of the guy in the van. OR WHATEVER.
THAT'S the real beauty of new media, fannish or not. We inspire and feed off and debate with each other, and an amazing, creative, content-producing community of like minds is born all because someone once stepped up and said, "You know, this is what I think about this, and here's my post about it," and a couple of other people said, "Hey, I think that, too! But what do you think about THIS?" I believe that's how the very first fandoms started way back before there was an internet at all, and that's how we've grown and thrived in the new media age, to the extent of fandom-minded people building their own spaces on the web.
In fact, this post in and of itself is an EXCELLENT example. Kate made a video with her thoughts, and I commented there. Then, when I was reccing it, it got me thinking more, so I (accidentally) wrote a blog post. It becomes a CONVERSATION, not just people on TV or in books telling us that this is how we should think and what we should do, the end.
Um, now I'm going to make another post in a second with the other stuff I wanted to share. XD