Team Gembee takes off...
"To be an Internet user is, essentially, to be part of the economics of the Internet, through innumerable commercial transactions and by being part of audiences sold for advertising. In this unit, you will come to understand the dynamics of Internet commence, including the ‘free’ services that are part of the attention economy; you will also analyse the importance for the Internet of an alternative economic form – the gift economy. Ultimately, you will understand how the Internet might, within capitalism, be associated with economic rewards and risks; and how developments on the Internet have altered business practices and approaches."
(Internet Studies 205: Internet Commerce and Consumers, 2011).
The Goal:
To review and assess a variety of Web 2.0 applications and tools designed for collaboration, publishing and production. The application with the best overall benefits and collaborative ease of use will be chosen as the mainstay for the later group assignment.
The members:
Brent Fleming
Warwick Janetzki
Tracey Ratcliffe
Lauren Rowland
Merrilee Troy
Janeene White
The applications:
http://vyew.com/s/
http://sosius.com
http://www.openzine.com/
http://wiggio.com
http://posterous.com
http://www.springnote.com