I really like the way that you have presented your information, Iris. I like that you grouped the various factors at play with media convergence. I have to agree with Anna, in that I am needing to judge whether or not I trust the results I get when I Google things. The algorithms can be so incredibly biased, but then again, the internet has always been kind of a “wild west” situation. I remember in the early days of my exposure to the internet, there was an email going around (like a chain letter) that wanted to put a stop to the practice of “bonsai kittens”. I fell for it hook, line and sinker, and felt very justified in my outrage. My husband talked me down from that activist ledge, and pointed out that there was no way that they existed… I was thoroughly trolled before trolling was a thing! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonsai_Kitten#:~:text=Bonsai%20Kitten%20was%20a%20hoax,Michael%20Wong%20Chang.
Thank you, Iris, for this very beautiful and informative artifact! It reminded me of ETEC 531 “Curriculum Issues in Cultural and New Media Studies” where I appreciated the works of Jenkins too. I am afraid I took media convergence for granted then. What I was and still am concerned about is how mass media algorithm (as well as PageRank) has the power to distort our judgment. I got used to trusting Google, yet all of a sudden I realized that it became biased and flawed just like society in general, and I cannot really rely on it and should research everything to be more or less sure. It was an unpleasant yet necessary discovery. Thank you! – Anna
Another article…. https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/bonsai-kittens-legacy/
I really like the way that you have presented your information, Iris. I like that you grouped the various factors at play with media convergence. I have to agree with Anna, in that I am needing to judge whether or not I trust the results I get when I Google things. The algorithms can be so incredibly biased, but then again, the internet has always been kind of a “wild west” situation. I remember in the early days of my exposure to the internet, there was an email going around (like a chain letter) that wanted to put a stop to the practice of “bonsai kittens”. I fell for it hook, line and sinker, and felt very justified in my outrage. My husband talked me down from that activist ledge, and pointed out that there was no way that they existed… I was thoroughly trolled before trolling was a thing!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonsai_Kitten#:~:text=Bonsai%20Kitten%20was%20a%20hoax,Michael%20Wong%20Chang.
Thank you, Iris, for this very beautiful and informative artifact! It reminded me of ETEC 531 “Curriculum Issues in Cultural and New Media Studies” where I appreciated the works of Jenkins too. I am afraid I took media convergence for granted then. What I was and still am concerned about is how mass media algorithm (as well as PageRank) has the power to distort our judgment. I got used to trusting Google, yet all of a sudden I realized that it became biased and flawed just like society in general, and I cannot really rely on it and should research everything to be more or less sure. It was an unpleasant yet necessary discovery. Thank you! – Anna