Week 5 questions yo

What enables hatred as public performance? What other effects come from the combination of the same sources?

Well the ability to have content available to everyone with internet opens the door for more criticism. People have the view that just because they are not in person they can say what ever they want. It creates a public performance to critic someones content but in a more hated and harsh way. This can really create some bad communities. We all remember Rebecca Black - Friday. It was said to be the worst song ever and a small group of people that hated on it grew into over 100 million view, most of which being hate comments. So combination of the haters with all the people that just jump on the bandwagon can cause a lot of damage.

What is user-generated organization?

This is a organization not set up by any specific person or the government but a lot of people that like the same thing all together making content. A great example is the gaming community on youtube. It is a bunch of people putting up there content they created all together making a gaming organization, so a user-generated organization.

What is user-generated distribution?

Basically what I just explained but the distribution of the content that make up the user-generated organization

What is user-generated commentary?

This is the peoples word that make up the user-generated organization that put out the content. It is what there word is and what they tell everyone else.

What is the purpose of media?

It is to spread information and keep freedom of speech alive. Media has changed the world immensely and it has given people the ability to make content that they can display to anyone. That is the simple term but thing about what it can do. It has the bases to make huge organizations and groups, which it has, and even change the way people thing, which it has. Its purpose is definable a lot of different ways but this is the most important to me.

What is … and why do we care about … networked individualism?

Networked Individualism is what you as a content creator are. We are all examples of networked individualism because even with this blog we have created something for everyone to see. We care because this is the root of my thoughts on media, we need to be able to post something as simple as this blog to be able to create organizations and groups. This is what starts everything.