1.2 The Medium is the Message? When the media converge

The key topic themes for this module are: Participatory Culture, Moral Panics & Ethics

We are asked to do a critical reading of Lessig, L. (2006). Four puzzles from cyber space. In L. Lessig Code version 2.0 (pp 9-30). New York: Basic Books.

The article by Lessig explores the Internet as 'Cyberspace' as opposed to “Yellow-Pages-on-steroids” as a place to develop and illustrate  four themes and examples relating to 'regulability', 'regulation by code', 'latent ambiguity' and 'competing sovereigns'

Our next task was to watch a five-minute video by Niko Pereira featuring MIT professor and author of 'Convergence Culture - Where Old and New Media Collide' (2006) Henry Jenkins,  in the video Jenkins discusses Participatory Culture' and how the media landscape is changing http://cinematech.blogspot.com/2009/05/great-video-w-henry-jenkins-on.html

In this past paced video rich in contextual media examples Jenkins states that”People can tell their own stories in powerful new ways", he discusses how conventional spectatorial media is giving way to a participatory culture. I think the video was a provocative and optimistic look at American culture.