alternative media and participatory culture :: how they meet? how do they dialogue?


social change? how social change will happen? 


benkler and jenkins >>>> point of media literacy >> being able to rewrite own culture, 

technocentric? 


matter of access to information >> important for activists


looking at increase participation >> argument that participating in online forms are linked to political participation


practice of participation


transitional moment


week ties, strong ties >>> online activism



political economy is not looked >>  how do we look at comercialism in this sites?



alternative or participatory?

participatory culture leaves behind questions of content


what is the object of analysis? >>

one thing is the  videos, other things is the chanel




for benkler is opennes


for jenkins is a call for participation in all realms

progressive and optimistic agenda >> celebration


how participation desempower people? >> terms and conditions

the economic rules dont change

other kind of values are not explored 






does not look at political economy >> how economic pressure shapes
how do we understand the terms and conditions?