Comments on: Participatory Culture and the Internet of the Masses http://blog.ulisesmejias.com/2008/09/27/participatory-culture-and-the-internet-of-the-masses/ assistant professor, suny oswego Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:32:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Michael Hafner http://blog.ulisesmejias.com/2008/09/27/participatory-culture-and-the-internet-of-the-masses/comment-page-1/#comment-667 Michael Hafner Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:19:14 +0000 http://blog.ulisesmejias.com/?p=245#comment-667 ...I think we also have to make a difference between tool (or form, structure) and content. Media content, mass media content is never designed to make people smart but tools and structures can change our lives and make us smarter, more critical and more questioning thanks to the network hype, we have a lot of tools at our hands - and it's up to us if we want to watch/read another brainwashed crap or if we want to do something else. another side effect: the equal power achieved through networking tools (and generally publishing tools) questions right or wrong - if we talk about crap vs. self questioning, reflection, this does not mean we talk about good and bad. That's another discussion, this is important to remember. …I think we also have to make a difference between tool (or form, structure) and content.
Media content, mass media content is never designed to make people smart
but tools and structures can change our lives and make us smarter, more critical and more questioning
thanks to the network hype, we have a lot of tools at our hands – and it’s up to us if we want to watch/read another brainwashed crap or if we want to do something else.

another side effect: the equal power achieved through networking tools (and generally publishing tools) questions right or wrong – if we talk about crap vs. self questioning, reflection, this does not mean we talk about good and bad. That’s another discussion, this is important to remember.

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