Danah Boyd stated in her draft of "Streams by Content" that the flow of information is not about perfect attention, but being aligned with the information given to us. We have to cut through the obscene amount of bull crap (my words, not hers) information that is given to us so that we can get to the information that matters.
She stated that in the 1950's everyone received their news from one news source. This meant that not only was everyone receiving the same news but they were learning about new information at the same time as the rest of the population. She says that broadcast media is a centralized source that controls the means of distribution. I took this to mean that the nightly newscast was the distribution of media and by having only one, then it assured that that station received the most attention. I believe that centralized sources also control what information is given out to the public. If there are only a few centralized sources of information, then it is more assured that only certain information is reported.
Blogs are a non-centralized source of information. Danah Boyd has a line which states, "There were always folks willing to share their story but the Internet gave them a pulpit on which to stand." I believe that it is not a past tense, but a present tense situation. Blogs are the platform for the common folk. It allows anyone who has a two sense and wants to advocate it to get their information out to the public.
She states that there are four core issues with streamlined content information. Under the core issue of democratization, she states that a person might think that people will give their attention to what is best. She states after that this is not true and then proceeds to use language as a counter example. I believe (again with the believes. It's starting to sound like a Journey song in here) that people will first give their attention to what is most interesting to them, and then they will give their attention to what is best or whatever the point was that Danah Boyd was trying to make with the language example.
She stated that in the 1950's everyone received their news from one news source. This meant that not only was everyone receiving the same news but they were learning about new information at the same time as the rest of the population. She says that broadcast media is a centralized source that controls the means of distribution. I took this to mean that the nightly newscast was the distribution of media and by having only one, then it assured that that station received the most attention. I believe that centralized sources also control what information is given out to the public. If there are only a few centralized sources of information, then it is more assured that only certain information is reported.
Blogs are a non-centralized source of information. Danah Boyd has a line which states, "There were always folks willing to share their story but the Internet gave them a pulpit on which to stand." I believe that it is not a past tense, but a present tense situation. Blogs are the platform for the common folk. It allows anyone who has a two sense and wants to advocate it to get their information out to the public.
She states that there are four core issues with streamlined content information. Under the core issue of democratization, she states that a person might think that people will give their attention to what is best. She states after that this is not true and then proceeds to use language as a counter example. I believe (again with the believes. It's starting to sound like a Journey song in here) that people will first give their attention to what is most interesting to them, and then they will give their attention to what is best or whatever the point was that Danah Boyd was trying to make with the language example.
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